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 After several exciting years as the Administrative Assistant for a Louisiana Senator, Executive Assistant for a local Bank President, and a career as a successful Real Estate Broker, Nell has fulfilled a lifelong dream to study watercolor. Living in France and England with new husband Jim, Nell studied with artists abroad and returned to San Diego, becoming involved in the local art community. Color and dramatic impact has always been a passion for Nell. For the past 6 years Nell has studied with many instructors, including Elaine Harvey, Walter Bruning, Joe Garcia, Laura Buckingham, Robert Burridge, Duane Light, Janet Walsh, Robbie Laird and Joan McKasson.  Nell Bartlett was born in a small town in the Texas panhandle. She grew up in San Diego, where she attended school, married and raised her children. She is a licensed pilot, real estate broker, fund raiser for local arts charities and a watercolor artist. She has discovered a passion for color and spontaneous composition through the mercurial nature of water-based paints, and strives to express the wonder and joy found in flowers and landscapes, as well as abstract impressions of ordinary things in her world. |