Marti Patchell
Marti Patchell is a native of Norfolk, Virginia. Drawing has been a passion of hers since she was a young girl. Growing up with an architect/artist father, she spent many hours under his tutelage, drawing the things she knew best—the water outside her home, the beach and the natural environs. Marti moved to the Washington area in 1966. She studied drawing and botanical painting at the Corcoran College of Art. Marti’s love of gardening and nature translates to images of black and white flowers, shells and birds. Marti has continued her study at annual summer workshops at the Art Institute of Chicago’s summer school at OxBowin Saugatuck, Michigan.