She mostly painted landscapes... which we always referred to as places not yet covered by concrete. She truly wanted to see as many places preserved as possible. She was an avid environmentalist in this way. This was the passion she and our father shared so deeply - a love of nature. Her paintings were "realist" paintings, but sometimes her work was referred to as "Pre-Raphaelite", but I think that is because of the colors she chose and her imitation of nature. She mostly used acrylic, but also enjoyed pointillism, pastels and block printing... She studied art under Peter Kahn and Arnold Singer at Cornell, the Institute Voleau in Philidelphia, at NC State and Meredith College. This analysis is from 1987, therefore a more recent reappraisal is probably in order.
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