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ALCOHOL INK
artist’s sketch
Shirley Nan Ruchong cda had her first painting class in 1979 and that began a lifelong love affair with art!
From 1985 to 2012 Donna Mays and Shirley owned a Tole Shop that operated as a walk-in store and eventually
was relocated to Shirley’s home studio. Classes are still being taught there – it will probably never close! Shirley
has been a member of SDP for over 35 years and has served on many committees over the years as well as serv-
ing on the Board for two years as Board Member-at-Large. She has taught at many decorative art conferences
and has travel-taught as well. She has published her own pattern packets featuring decorative art designs. Oils
are her medium of choice; although she also teaches in acrylics and watercolor. Shirley is now concentrating on
painting from her own photographs, in the contemporary realism style focusing on florals. Shirey’s calla lily design Delicate Balance was recently published in Strokes of Genius 5 – The Best of Drawing, Design and Composition published by Northlight Books. She has also been published in The Decorative Painter and Japan’s Decorative Painting Magazine. Her art is showcased in three local galleries and Christmas ornaments reside at the Smithsonian. Shirley is happily single and has a son who lives in Arizona and a daughter in Florida. You may write to Shirley at 2440 Frank St., Eureka, CA 95501; call (707) 445-1512; email ruchong@humboldt1.com; or visit her website at www.shirleynanruchong.com.
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Designs are 65% of original. Enlarge 154% for actual size.
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