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Friday
Jul062012

Featured Artist Friday: Phyllis A. Cumbie

DateFriday, July 6, 2012 at 1:02PM

Phyllis A. Cumbie“I entered nursing the day after I graduated from High School and for the next 46 years I enjoyed going to work every day.  However, my entire life was dedicated to medicine. When I was young, I traveled a lot and have been in all 50 states. I was fortunate that I was able to find work easily.

"When I retired in 2006, I wanted to do anything not related to medicine. I volunteered to be a docent at the Huntington Library and joined the Santa Anita Daughters of the American Revolution, the Arcadia Travelers, and a canasta group that meets once monthly. But I wanted to do something more creative. I took a class in calligraphy and started making scrapbooks. After a couple of years, I decided I wanted to paint.

Phyllis A. Cumbie, Abstract Stained Glass Window, oils on canvas 11x14 in. (click photo for larger image)"I asked a girl friend if she wanted to take a watercolor class with me. We signed up and took two semesters of watercolor classes.  She got frustrated because she had used oil paints before and wanted to go back to oil painting.  The next semester we signed up for an oil painting class. This is my second year painting with oil paints and I am really enjoying the media.  I only paint pictures from photographs that I have taken.”

Phyllis A. Cumbie, Powell Family Red Barn, oils on canvas, 16x24in. (click photo for larger image)

AuthorJill | Comment2 Comments |

Reader Comments (2)

Great Job Phyllis.!

July 6, 2012 | Unregistered CommenterDebbie Gibson

Yes, indeed. Phyllis is a fine painter! Thank you for visiting the site--and commenting on her lovely work.

July 7, 2012 | Unregistered CommenterJill

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