Marie Buchfink -The
artist was born in Muskegon, Michigan; graduated from
Michigan State University with a B.A. Degree in Fine Arts and Art
History.
She received her teaching degree at Ohio Northern University and
acquired post graduate work at Maryville College, St. Louis,
Missouri; Delta College, Saginaw, Michigan; and Des Moines Area
Community College, Des Moines, Iowa. She began painting full
time after a successful teaching career as an art instructor in
the Ohio school system. Marie has exhibited her work
throughout the Midwest and the Southwestern United States, winning
numerous museum awards and exhibiting in galleries and one man
shows. Her paintings have been collected by many major companies,
private individuals and museums. The spirituality expressed
in Marie's artwork sets her apart form most realistic artists in
that it expresses her deep concern for man's humanity towards man
and all forms of nature. "My goal is to touch the
sensitivity of those who view my work, and to help bring awareness
of spiritual worth in all of God's creation."
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