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Michele Rushworth has been a professional artist for over
thirty years. Her work is included in numerous public and
private collections.
Some notable portrait commissions include:
· Commander of the United States Coast Guard, Admiral Thad Allen
· Governor Gary Locke, Washington
· Governor Kenny C. Guinn, Nevada
· Governor James Geringer, Wyoming
· United States Senator and Governor Clifford P Hansen, Wyoming
· Ambassador to Ireland and Governor Michael J. Sullivan, Wyoming
· Ford Motor Company CEO Donald E.
Petersen (retired)
· Alliance One International CEO, Brian J. Harker
· Dean of Campbell University Law School, Patrick
L. Hetrick
· Artistic Directors, Pacific Northwest Ballet, Kent
Stowell and Francia Russell
· President, University of Alabama Medical Foundation, Dr. Raymond
Watts
· Georgia Power and Light executive, William Mashburn
· President of Board ofTrustees, Memphis University School, Kent Wunderlich
· Dr. Durant, Dr. Partridge, Dr. Lobuglio, University of Alabama Cancer
Center
· Seattle Mariners baseball player Edgar
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Michelle Rushworth’s work has appeared on or been mentioned
in:
· CBS national news program “The Early
Show”
· The Washington Post
· Fox News
· ABC News
· The Boston Globe
· American Artist Magazine
· The Seattle Times
· Las Vegas Review Journal
· Associated Press news wire service
· United Press International news wire service
· and numerous other national and international
news media outlets
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Professional memberships and affiliations include:
· Portrait Society of America
· Portrait Brokers of America
· listed in Who’s Who in America and
in Who’s Who in American Art.
· Washington Arts Council/National Endowment for
the Arts grant recipient
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Education, Teaching and Exhibitions:
Michelle Rushworth has studied with such modern masters as William
Whitaker, Juliette Aristides, and Tony Ryder. She completed
extensive Fine Arts studies at Queen’s University in Canada
and the Ontario College of Art and Design.
She has been a guest lecturer on the subject of being a professional
portrait artist at the Gage Academy of Fine Art, has taught
at the Kirkland Arts Center and currently holds workshops at
the Fall City Fine Arts Center in Washington. Her work has been
included in exhibitions at the Salmagundi Club, New York, Allied
Artists of America, New York, and the American Watercolor Society
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