Artist's Biography:
Roberta Van Zandt Loflin is a native of Demarest, New Jersey.After obtaining a BA in Art History and Theory from George Washington University, she remained in the Washington, D.C. area where she studied communication design at Northern Virginia Community College and color theory, watercolor and drawing at the Art League School in Alexandria, Va.
She taught art classes and held workshops for preschool teachers, parents, grade school students and educational conferences in Northern Virginia.
Since moving to Baton Rouge, she has had the opportunity to teach watercolor through Louisiana Art and Artists Guild, LSU Lagniappe Continuing Education, and LSU Union Leisure classes.
She currently has work on display at LAAG Gallery and other Baton Rouge locations.
Curriculum Vitae:
SOLO SHOWS
French Market Bistro, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, 2004GROUP SHOWS
Baton Rouge Little Theater, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, 2007LSU Dental Clinic, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, 2005-2007
EXHIBITIONS (JURIED)
Wealth Planners Summer Show, 2nd place and People’s, 2007River Road Art Show (National), Baton Rouge, Louisiana, 2007
Alan Flattmann, judge
River Road Art Show (National), Baton Rouge, Louisiana, 2006
Morgan Samuel Price, Judge
AWA Fall Archives Exhibition, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, 2005
Michael Crespo, Judge
Baton Rouge Juried Exhibition (2 pieces), LSU, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, 2001
Bill Jenson, Judge
August American Landscape Show, The Art League, Alexandria, Virginia, 1997
Frank Wright, Judge
Spring Juried Show, League of Reston Artists, Reston, Virginia, 1995
Lou Jones, Judge
EXHIBITIONS (JUDGED)
Louisiana Art and Artists’ Guild Summer Judged Show2 Honorable Mentions, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, 2007
Louisiana Art and Artists’ Guild Spring Judged Show
Honorable Mention, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, 2007
Louisiana Art and Artists’ Guild Spring Judged Show
Honorable Mention,Baton Rouge, Louisiana, 2006
Louisiana Art and Artists’ Guild “Lazy Daze Summer Judged Show
Honorable Mention, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, 2006
Louisiana Art and Artists’ Guild West of the Mississippi Show
Best in Show, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, 2005
Jambalaya, Art Show
4th Place, Gonzales, Louisiana, 2004
Louisiana Art and Artists’ Guild Summer Judged Show
Honorable Mention, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, 2004
Louisiana Art and Artists’ Guild Winter Judged Show
3rd Place, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, 2003
River Region Art Association Awesome Art Show
1st Place, Sorrento, Louisiana, 2003
Louisiana Art and Artists’ Guild Spring Judged Show
Honorable Mention, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, 2003
Louisiana Art and Artists’ Guild Spring Judged Show
3rd Place, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, 2001
Famous Artists of the 21st Century
North Light Book Award, Arlington, Virginia, 1996
Famous Artists of the 21st Century
Honorable Mention, Arlington, Virginia, 1995
Spring Art Show
Special Award, Arlington, Virginia, 1995
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Teacher, watercolor classesLouisiana Art and Artists Guild, 2004-present
Teacher, watercolor leisure classes
LSU Union, 2003-present
Teacher, watercolor classes
LSU Lagniappe Continuing Education Program, 2003-present
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Mustafa, Susan D. “A Personal Response to Her Surroundings.”City Social, June 2004: 56.
Price, Anne. “Several Gems, Diverse Subjects Brighten Large Guild Exhibition.”
The Advocate, Sunday Magazine, 26 August 2001: 5.
Price, Anne. “Guild Show in New Gallery Exciting.”
The Advocate, Sunday Magazine, 6 May 2001.
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
Exhibiting member of the Associated Women in the Arts organizationPresident of the Louisiana Art and Artists’ Guild, 2007, 2008
Volunteer with “Opening Doors” - a children’s summer mural program
Chairperson of the LAAG 35th and 36th Annual River Road Show
EDUCATION (FORMAL)
Northern Virginia Community College, Alexandria, Virginia, 1996-1998Course Matter: Communication Design
Instructors: Michael Platt, Tim Kirk, Kay Bollen
The Art League School, Alexandria, Virginia, 1989-1999
Emphasis: Watercolor, Drawing and Color Theory
Instructors: Gwendolyn Bragg, Susan Abbott, Steve Fleming, Michael Francis
George Washington University, Washington, D. C., 1973
Degree: Bachelor of Arts
Major: Art History and Theory
EDUCATION (WORKSHOPS)
Della Storms, Acrylics, Acrylic Landscapes, 2007Morgan Samuel Price, Plein Air Oils, 2006
Billie Bourgeois, “Developing Personal Imagery” Acrylics, 2006, “Inscapes”, 2001, Acrylic Still Life, 2003
Judi Betts, Watercolor, 2006, Drawing, 2003, Watercolor, 2004
Nita Leland, Collage, 2006
Alan Flattman, Pastels, 2005
Jan Kunz, Watercolor portraits, 2005
Pat Weaver, Watercolor, 2005
Morten E. Solberg, Mixed Watermedia, 2005
Larry Downs, Drawing and Acrylic, 2001-2005
Kajal Beck, Decorative Designs of India, 2004
Mary Jane Cox, Watercolor Greens, 2000, Triads, 2001, Collages, 2004
Imogene Dewey, “Glow with the Flow” Watercolor, 2003
John O’Niell, Acrylic Birds, 2003
Kathy Stone, Poured Paintings, 2003
Virginia Snow, Acrylic Ink, 2002
Pattie Pilie, Technique, Creativity and Texture, 2001, “Creative Imaging”, 2002
Elizabeth Denton, Drawing, 2001
Byron Levy, Watercolor, 2001
Krista Roche, Advanced Watercolor, 2000
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