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| BRENDA DELLE aadelle@bellsouth.net www.brendadelle.com |
Brenda Delle is a native of Chattanooga, TN. After earning her degree in business from the University
of Chattanooga, she moved to the Washington, D.C. area where she taught school. When her family
was transferred to the New Orleans area in 1970, it was the beginning of a love affair with the area
and its culture. She considers herself “almost a native”. She enjoys painting all types of animals,
people and scenes from the French Quarter and surrounding areas. Most of her work is in pastel, but
occasionally she uses watercolor.
The artist has studied color and design, life drawing, and watercolor at the New Orleans Academy of
Fine Arts. She continues do attend life drawing studios at the Academy. She has also studied with
the following internationally known artists/teachers: Pastellists –Doug Dawson, Leslie DeMille, Alan
Flattmann, Kitty Wallis, Urania Christie Tarbet, Anatoly Devron, Joyce Nagel, and Christina Debarry.
Watercolorists--Jeanne Dobie and Milford Zornes, Portraits—Auseklis Ozols, Carole Peebles and
Robert Maniscalco. In 2005, she completed three years of study in William Arthur Herring’s Master
Classes in Cloudcroft, New Mexico. Her main goal is to continue growing as an artist.
In 1996 she was juried into the Degas Pastel Society. She is an officer of the New Orleans Art
Association, a charter member of the Jefferson Art Guild, and a member of the Metairie Art Guild.
of Chattanooga, she moved to the Washington, D.C. area where she taught school. When her family
was transferred to the New Orleans area in 1970, it was the beginning of a love affair with the area
and its culture. She considers herself “almost a native”. She enjoys painting all types of animals,
people and scenes from the French Quarter and surrounding areas. Most of her work is in pastel, but
occasionally she uses watercolor.
The artist has studied color and design, life drawing, and watercolor at the New Orleans Academy of
Fine Arts. She continues do attend life drawing studios at the Academy. She has also studied with
the following internationally known artists/teachers: Pastellists –Doug Dawson, Leslie DeMille, Alan
Flattmann, Kitty Wallis, Urania Christie Tarbet, Anatoly Devron, Joyce Nagel, and Christina Debarry.
Watercolorists--Jeanne Dobie and Milford Zornes, Portraits—Auseklis Ozols, Carole Peebles and
Robert Maniscalco. In 2005, she completed three years of study in William Arthur Herring’s Master
Classes in Cloudcroft, New Mexico. Her main goal is to continue growing as an artist.
In 1996 she was juried into the Degas Pastel Society. She is an officer of the New Orleans Art
Association, a charter member of the Jefferson Art Guild, and a member of the Metairie Art Guild.
