Just Nita - Nita Orsack Watercolor Paintings

I draw a great deal of inspiration from the work of Georgia O'Keefe and find myself creating the unexpected. I sometimes combine real objects with memories and photographs I have taken to create the subject matter of my paintings. I enjoy using color in unexpected ways to make people take a second look at an ordinary object in a way they may not have seen it before. I particularly enjoy the challenge of transparent watercolor since it doesn't always do what is expected.

My father was in the military, so my family moved throughout the world during my first 20 years of life including Germany and Japan. My interest in becoming an artist began when I was in elementary school where I would draw whenever I could get away with it and continued through my high school years. My high school art teachers encouraged me to pursue an education in art, but my father felt I should follow a more "practical" education and I put my interest in art aside for many years.

I attended Santa Rosa Junior College in Santa Rosa, California and South West Texas State University in San Marcos, Texas. My college education included coursework in pre-veterinary medicine, agriculture and industrial arts, including some design and photography courses.

I later married and had one daughter who has mental retardation and my focus became providing her with the best opportunities I could. After 10 years that marriage ended and I moved to St. Louis to pursue a career in financial service.

In 1997, I started working with special education students as a teaching assistant and started drawing again. It didn't take long for me to remember that this had been my passions for years. I took a class at a local bookstore with Jane Mason. I bumped into Jean McMullen, BOMH and art educator at the elementary school my daughter attended. After convincing Jean to teach a community education class in watercolor, I enrolled and haven't been able to stop painting since.

I now work for St. Louis Special School District in a local High School and have been blessed to find most of my school day is now scheduled in the art department, adapting and modifying the regular curriculum for various levels of special education students. I feel passionately that individuals of all abilities are creative if given the opportunity and the appropriate tools and materials.

Just Nita
Nita Orsack
2425 Burns Ave.
St. Louis, MO 63114
314-426-5674
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		I draw a great deal of inspiration from the work of Georgia O'Keefe and find myself creating the unexpected. I sometimes combine real objects with memories and photographs I have taken to create the subject matter of my paintings. I enjoy using color in unexpected ways to make people take a second look at an ordinary object in a way they may not have seen it before. I particularly enjoy the challenge of transparent watercolor since it doesn't always do what is expected. My father was in the military, so my family moved throughout the world during my first 20 years of life including Germany and Japan. My interest in becoming an artist began when I was in elementary school where I would draw whenever I could get away with it and continued through my high school years. My high school art teachers encouraged me to pursue an education in art, but my father felt I should follow a more "practical" education and I put my interest in art aside for many years. I attended Santa Rosa Junior College in Santa Rosa, California and South West Texas State University in San Marcos, Texas. My college education included coursework in pre-veterinary medicine, agriculture and industrial arts, including some design and photography courses. I later married and had one daughter who has mental retardation and my focus became providing her with the best opportunities I could. After 10 years that marriage ended and I moved to St. Louis to pursue a career in financial service. In 1997, I started working with special education students as a teaching assistant and started drawing again. It didn't take long for me to remember that this had been my passions for years. I took a class at a local bookstore with Jane Mason. I bumped into Jean McMullen, BOMH and art educator at the elementary school my daughter attended. After convincing Jean to teach a community education class in watercolor, I enrolled and haven't been able to stop painting since. I now work for St. Louis Special School District in a local High School and have been blessed to find most of my school day is now scheduled in the art department, adapting and modifying the regular curriculum for various levels of special education students. I feel passionately that individuals of all abilities are creative if given the opportunity and the appropriate tools and materials. Just Nita Nita Orsack 2425 Burns Ave. St. Louis, MO 63114 314-426-5674 e-mail Just Nita Home \| Artisans \| Membership \| ArtSmart \| Contact \| Featured Craftsman \| Mission \| Links \| Members Only
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