Original 8 x 10 inch watercolor "Fall Lanterns" by Sheila Newman #427. Predominant colors are yellow, bronze and gold with hints of green and brown.

 Sheila was born in Lancashire, England, and spent much of her childhood in the English Lake District.  Her mother, Stella Platt, was a well-known professional artist in England and Europe who had shown in the Paris Salon and the Academies in England.  Sheila began drawing and painting under her mother's tutelage at an early age.  Sheila received two honors bachelor's degree from King's College in Newcastle, England and a master's from Cornell University in New York State, all in the biological sciences.  She is the mother of three grown children, and lives in Western Washington with her husband.

     Sheila Newman's paintings have been exhibited in juried shows in Seattle, including the Frye Gallery, in New York City, and also in Tacoma, Renton, Kirkland, Bellevue, Edmonds, Kent and elsewhere in Western Washington.  Her works are in collections from Australia to Europe as well as in North America.  Please view the Gallery pages for a sampling of her work.

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