Biography

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Jean LeGassick was born in California in 1950 and lived there for her first 47 years. She graduated from Art Center College of Design, Pasadena, in 1979 with a Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree. Her artist affiliations include the Plein-Air Painters of America and the California Art Club.

Jean was recently honored by being chosen as one of six artists filmed for the PBS series, “Plein-Air: Painting the American Landscape” which is currently being shown on public television stations across the nation.

She has participated in many fine invitational art shows throughout the country, including several museum shows. Recently, Jean decided to paint, a 6″ x 8″ painting every day.

Her work can be found in many public and private collections, including the permanent collection of the Nevada Museum of Art. Jean has been a featured artist in Plein Air Magazine (December 2004), as well as having her work published in many other national magazines in the past decade.

An art instructor at Cerro Coso Community College in Bishop, California for many years, she continues to teach an occasional oil painting workshop.

Jean now lives in Silver City, a small, historic mining town in northern Nevada.

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