Paint a-long with lin

“I began my career at The Art Students League of New York in the late 1970’s. I was a young girl of 18, yet, I knew
what I wanted to do. Paint as a Master. It was a lofty goal of an ambitious young woman. I searched for someone
with whom I could study who taught in the manner of the Great Masters of the 1500’s in Italy, and as the Dutch
Masters painted. I was so thrilled to find that such a teacher existed. I immediately began my study with David
Leffel, who became my mentor for the next 6 years. Studying with other Internationally known painters, Ted Seth
Jacobs, Oldrich Teply, and John Howard Sanden, I developed a good, solid, basic knowledge of painting in the
traditional manner. I discovered that at this school, which patterns itself after the Renaissance Schools of Painting,
one could pursue mastery of the technique of chiaroscuro, developing skill in values- strong contrasts of light and
dark. I painted many still lifes, portraits and genre scenes in my early oil painting days. In recent years I have taken
workshops with Internationally known painters, David A.Leffel, Sherrie McGraw, Joan Potter, Burton Silverman,
Dennis Perrin, and local Ohio artists Judy Carducci, and Jack Liberman. Recently, I have taught out of my
home/studio, The Canton Museum of Art, The Massillon Museum of Art, the Summit Art Space in the hall of the
Akron Society of Artists, in the Cuyahoga Valley Art Center, and at The Little Art Gallery. I have led workshops in the
U.S., Canada, and Europe. The workshop I did in France was in the lovely area well known as Provence. Workshops in Italy are in the works. Experience A former board member of the prestigious American Artists’ Professional League in New York City, NY, the responsibilities of artist, Lin,included the viewing of slides and artist jurying for the League’s Grand National Exhibitions. Her position on the Board awarded her the privileged honor of selecting artists from around the nation for participation in National Exhibitions. She continues in her capacity as judge in the Ohio Valley, where she now resides, jurying Exhibitions such as the the Midwest Art National Exhibition and Competition, the Taste of Stow, in Stow, Ohio, and the Kent State Stark Art Competition. Fiore helped found the Taste of Stow Art Exhibition, acting as its Visual Artists’ Director. She was the Exhibition Director for The American Artists Professional League’s shows in Connecticut. Fiore is a member of the Oil Painters of America, and is a Signature Member of the Akron Society of Artists, the Cuyahoga Valley Art Center, and the Women’s Art League of Akron, and The Canton Artists’ League She is frequently asked to demonstrate her oil painting technique for art organizations.