Color with Candace Whittemore Lovely Fair Women: The Impressionist Way

Candace Whittemore Lovely is an American Impressionist painter and Copley Master, trained in the Boston School tradition. She is known for her pleasant, peaceable views on American life. Her ability, to capture the American Spirit in art, lead to her receiving the American Women in the Arts Award from the National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution. She is listed as one of the sixty most prominent alumni of the University of Vermont. Candace had the honor of painting First Lady Barbara Bush’s official White House portrait in 1990, and has been called ＂the Grand Dame of Boston Painters＂ by critics. Candace’s artistic journey started in Vermont at the tender age of five. As a young child, ＂Candy＂ was often found coloring or playing nurse. When her artist mother refused to replenish the sugar pills she was dispensing to her brothers, but would replenish her crayons, the path to being an artist was set. Her mother chose crayons as an alternative to medications because art in itself is a healing therapy. Candace took this wisdom to heart, and has incorporated this philosophy into her art throughout her career. A former Vermont, Boston and Cape Porpoise resident, Candace now maintains a home and studio on Hilton Head Island, South Carolina. Please visit her website, www.candacelovely.com to learn more.