From the artist, a GHS grandmother:

I did the sketch for this piece in church. They always seem to have blank pages in the program for sketching during lulls. I drew this woman on one of the empty pages. She is sitting on rocks by the ocean contemplating her past and future. My hope is that this woman can attain all that her free will can dream.

My Granddaughter, Madelyn McHugh, said it looks just like me. I hope it is every woman attaining her dreams.

Sincerely, Shirley Ruff (grandmother of Maddie)

www.shirleyruff.com

Shirley Ruff is a proud Greene Hill Grandma. A native Nebraskan, Shirly taught art for twenty-five years with undergraduate and graduate degrees in Art Education. She retired from Alexandria, Virginia to North Carolina in 2000 to pursue life as an artist Outer Banks style. In Nebraska, Shirley was a member of the Associated Artists of Omaha and her work appeared at shows throughout the city including Joslyn Castle, the College of Saint Mary and private showings. Ruff then moved to Alexandria, Virginia where she became a member of the Art League and Gallery West. Her work was shown in solo and group shows. Her artwork also appeared in National and State Art Conferences, the Lyceum Museum in Alexandria, and the Torpedo Factory.

Since Ruff’s retirement in 2000, she has been associated and shown at many galleries in the Outer Banks of North Carolina. Her work has been featured in solo and group shows at the beach and in Brooklyn, NY. Her pieces have won many art competitions including one at Glenn Eure’s Annual Self-Portrait show in 2016. Shirley is a member of Kill Devil Hills Artists Cooperative Gallery and shows at the Dare County Arts Council. She has also shown her pieces in Bedford Stuyvesant Brooklyn at Georges-Andre’s Vintage Café. Shirley’s work can be viewed at business and local residences all over North Carolina. She has won many art competitions and has been purchased by art patrons from around the world. You can also see Ruff’s paintings in progress at her home in Southern Shores. If you don’t catch her there, you might find her in the ocean swimming or walking her dog.

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