Although Ms. Putnam was born in Connecticut, she has strong roots in Maine. Her mother grew up in Van Buren, Maine and her husband spent his boyhood summers on a farm in Montville. Ms. Putnam studied at Hartford University, and then for seven years at the museum of Fine Arts in Boston. She lives in Florida with her husband Harold Putnam, an attorney and an artist in his own right. Her winter studio is in Vero Beach, and her summers are spent painting the New England coast.

Ms. Putnam's seascapes are enormously popular, and sell quickly. A typical painting of a rough sea demonstrates her expert understanding of the sea's moods and her extensive study of its forms and colors. The crashing waves pound the jagged rocks mercilessly, and through the skillful use of light and dark, Ms. Putnam captures the drama of Maine's rocky coast. Typically her Maine seascapes range in size from 8x10 to 36x48 inches.

Ms. Putnam is a Fellow member of the American Artists Professional League, the North Shore Arts Association of Cape Ann, the Rockport Art Association and the International Society of Marine Painters. Her landscapes and portraits have won many awards, Including top honors at the 1992 International Society of Marine Artists for "Storm Swells." Her portrait of Christa McAuliffe hangs in Washington, D.C., and her paintings are in private and corporate collections throughout the east coast.

   

      

                                                                            

    

"ISLAND DORY"
8 X 10, OIL ($550)