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Biography
Darlene Shadden was born in Rockwood, Tennessee and grew
up in a rural environment which included a two room schoolhouse
and an outdoor privy.
Her creative career has included music and dance as well as art.
Her art career started in Nashville at Centennial Art Center
where she first met artist Hazel King, who has been a principal
influence in her artistic development.
Darlene's works have appeared in many exhibits and shows
throughout the United States and in Europe. She has studied
art in Paris and Amsterdam. She is a member of the Portrait
Society of America and attends its workshops regularly to
incorporate the techniques of other successful portrait painters
into her work.
She enjoys travel, ballroom dancing, and reading. She recently
finished reading Kafka's "The Castle" which she found
spiritually fascinating.
You will find Darlene warm, friendly, and optimistic.
Every painting is like a page in her diary.
A part of her lives inside each one.
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