Winter Garden Magazine December 2016 | Page 33

Award Winning, French-American Artist, Noreen Coup paints contemporary Impressionist Oil Paintings, mostly with a Palette Knife. A graduate of Woodbury University with a B.S. degree in Interior Design, Noreen brings over 30 years of professional design experience to her paintings. While living in Paris in 2000, she was inspired by the "City of Lights" to begin painting. She studied at the WICE Academy in Paris. Upon her return to the USA she continued to evolve her art studies with notable artists including Don Sondag, Jr,. Larry Moore, Dreama Tolle-Perry, Leslie Saeta, Peggy Kroll Roberts and Ray Roberts, just to mention a few. A native of California, Noreen lives in Orlando, Florida and travels often between her two homelands, France and the USA. She is a Board Member of the Winter Garden Art Association (WGAA) and an instructor for both WGAA and Crealde School of Art. Her work can be seen at the following Galleries: •Art On Centre 503 Centre Street, Fernandina Beach, Amelia Island, FL• Member of McRae Art Studios, Winter Park, FL• Carre d’Artistes, Boca Raton, Florida • SoBo Art Center, at The Winter Garden Art • Association, Winter Garden, FL• Cool Things Gallery, Marriott’s Surf Club Resort, Aruba She writes a travel and painting blog called, “Canvasing with Coup”, where she shares travel tips, where to paint and photo sharing. Special thanks to the Winter Garden Art Association for their partnership in bringing their Featured Artist to our readers. DECEMBER 2016  |  WINTER GARDEN MAGAZINE   |  33