By permission of the artist, The Cyber Art Show is pleased to feature the first of two 12-piece exhibitions of works by contemporary American landscape painter Louise Sackett (born 1947 in Gardner, Massachusetts). 

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Louise attended the Worcester Art Museum School. While living in California, she earned a BA in graphic communication (emphasis printmaking) from San Diego State University and a Master of Science, Instructional Technology from National University in San Diego. Louise then worked as a digital artist for more than 25 years, creating training for the Navy. 

She has increased her abilities via workshops from such well-known artists as; David Leffel, Dianna Ponting, Sally Strand, Cathey Cadieux, Phil Starke, Greg LaRock, and many others. Louise teaches art via private arrangement and an annual pastel workshop held in her Wind Canyon Studio.

She is a member of the Tucson Pastel Society, Tucson Plein Air Society, New Mexico Plein Air Painters, New Mexico Pastel Society, Black Range Painters, OPS(Outdoor Painters Society), and International Plein Air Painters Society (IPAP). She has won numerous First-Place awards and was IPAP’s featured artist for January 2012. 

She has been an exhibiting member of the Clairemont Art Guild, San Diego Pastel Society, Black Range Painters and Fine Line Artists. Louise has also showed independently in COAL gallery shows (Carlsbad Oceanside Art Gallery) Carlsbad CA, the Bonita Museum Art Show, Bonita CA, Gallery 21, Balbao Park, San Diego CA, the Torrey Pines Plein Air Festival, San Diego CA, most recently at Clifton AZ's Coronado Gallery and the Las Cruces Museum of Art, plus numerous other Southern California venues.

Her work is held in private collections in Maine, New Hampshire, Washington, Colorado, New Mexico, Massachusetts, Iowa, Texas, New Mexico and California.

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Louise's Blog:

http://pleinspeaking.blogspot.com/

Professional Affiliations

 

• Fine Line Artists

• OPS (Outdoor Painters Society)

• IPAP (International Plein Air Painters)

• Plein Air Painters New Mexico

• Black Range Painters

• Tucson Plein Air Painting Society

• Tucson Pastel Society