Jean Ridall 
ejridall@yahoo.com

"I work on an idea for a longtime.  It’s like getting acquainted with a person.”  This quote of Georgia O’Keefe’s has always resonated with me.  I like to do many preliminary sketches, until I feel comfortable with the image and often do several finished pictures of the same subject.   My favorite medium is watercolor, but I do switch to gouache occasionally and sometimes work in colored pencil.  My newest venture is linoleum block printing and adding any of the former mediums.  I live in a rural area in North Stonington, CT with a husband and a cat and am surrounded by the subjects I love to paint…farms and animals. My academic background is the University of Iowa, the University of Bridgeport and NYU. I taught in the Art Department at the University of Bridgeport for 17 years before retiring to southeastern Connecticut. I am a member of the Artist Cooperative Gallery of Westerly, elected artist of the Mystic Art Center and a member of the Lyme Art Association and do a lot of local shows.