- Basic knowledge in Oil
Painting was passed on to her
- during High School years by its principal Dr.
Spannring, in Austria, Europe.
- Tribute goes also to venerable Dr. Warren Stratton,
professor emeritus
- of Evangel University, Springfield, Mo. (now deceased) who
- revealed to his students
techniques of the Old
Masters.
-
- The Artist's inspiration however comes
- from her
'Master Above',- Father God,- giving her insight into humor,
sadness, sensitivity, beauty among cultures.
-
- Many doors opened up to the
professional art world for Hilda
- as she felt God's peace guiding.
- First, as layout editor with the 'Gospel Publishing House',
- Springfield, Mo.,
then as an Artist with Hallmark Cards Inc., Kansas City, Mo.- and
- Layout Design and Graphic Artist
with a major architectural & planning firm
- in
Columbia, S.C.
-
- While
teaching at Tarrant County Community College in Bedford, Tx.
- the need
for her personal studio arose as painting commitments mounted.
-
- In Georgia, full potential blossomed with numerous commissions
- brought to her,- her work selling
well at Exhibits.
-
- Hilda
holds graduate degrees from Central Bible College, Springfield, Mo.-,
-
Evangel University,
and Masters of Arts from the University of Missouri.
-
-
She holds
Teaching Certification in two
fields, Art and Foreign
Languages.
- Post-grad work at
the University of Georgia
and South
Carolina,
-
as in German
Literature at the University of Kansas, Lawrence.
-
- She
taught all levels of the academe - in five states
of the U. S.,
- and in
conjunction with the University of Heidelberg in
Europe.
- Hilda works now out of
her studio in Hewitt, Texas,
- finding painting the most gratifying
activity of them all.
