January 28 - Commuter

by Betty Rondeau

Marathon has been my home since 1943, and I started at an early age drawing and painting scenes of the fishing village atmosphere. Over the years, I studied with many wonderful teachers, Millard Wells, Charles Gruppe, Tony Couch, Joan Howe, as well as others, while raising my family. I was a member of the Key West Art Center and the Marathon Art Guild for over 20 years, the Miami Watercolor Society for several years, and I am a founding member of the Florida Keys Watercolor Society. During the 1960's I did portraits on location at the Buccaneer Lodge in Marathon, and at the Wentworth by the Sea Resort in Portsmouth, New Hampshire. In the 1980's, two of my watercolors were purchased by the state of Florida to hang in the newly completed Florida Highway Patrol station, in Marathon. My portraits and watercolors are in homes in many states, as well as in Europe and South Africa. My interest, now, is to try to recapture, in watercolor, scenes of old Marathon commercial fishing boats, docks and fishermen, as I remember them

Commuter", 11"x14" original watercolor, in 16"x20" frame