NAOMI BROTHERTON began painting at age fourteen and turned exclusively to
watercolor in the mid fifties while studying with Edgar Whitney. An art graduate
of Baylor University, and student at the Art Students League and Art Career School
in New York City, she has also studied extensively with many nationally known
watercolorists.
Brotherton has taught in Dallas for more than thirty years and conducted workshops in Ruidoso, New Mexico for twenty-five years. She currently teaches at Artisan's Studio-Gallery in Dallas, in which she is a partner. Her workshops are popular coast to coast.
She is well known for her night scenes, and they have been included in several magazine articles. She has always loved painting landscapes, with a particular affinity for careworn barns, houses, and other buildings. Brotherton is happiest, however, when painting flowers, and has taught numerous well-received flower workshops.
Brotherton is a signature member of Southwestern Watercolor Society (SWS), Texas Watercolor Society (TWS), National Watercolor Oklahoma (NWO), Associated Creative Artists of Dallas (ACA), and Western Federation of Watercolor Societies (WFWS). Her book, Variations in Watercolor (co-authored with Lois Marshall), was published by North Light in 1981. Her work and painting philosophies have been included in several other books and magazine articles. She has also won numerous awards, and her paintings hang in many public and private collections.
E-mail the Artist at n.brotherton1@verizon.net