Betty Altman's career as an artist began as an oil painter, cum laude, in arts from the University of Rochester, NY.  Her work runs the gamut from figurative to abstract contemporary painting.  Trained as a realistic oil portrait and still life painter at the Art Institute of Chicago, her media proficiency now encompasses oils, acrylics, mixed media, watercolors, collage and monoprinting.

 

She has a world of top honors and ribbons and has been honored by exhits in Paris at the Centre International de L'Art Contemporarian;  in Washington, D.C. at the Sumner Museum;  at the Cork Gallery, New York;  and Notable Venetians at the Venice Art Center.  Betty was selected Woman of the Year by Women Contemporary Artists of Sarasota for the year 2000-2001.

 

Besides her own active art classes, she is one of the founders of Art Uptown Gallery, Inc., and a member of many local and national associations.