Becky Mayhew - "Pittsburgh's Best Kept Secret"
Becky Mayhew has been teaching art for over 40 years and has recently been accepted into the Pittsburgh Watercolor Society, where she is able to show her work in regional and international art shows. Her work can be found displayed in shows at Arc of Washington County's Art Gallery in Canonsburg, PA. She teaches a weekly class at Arc for a mixture of students with disabilities and the general public. Becky attended The Art Institute of Pittsburgh, graduating with honors in Visual Communications. Although her degree is in Graphic Design, she found her "calling" as an art teacher a few years later. Becky began her teaching in a private K-12 school, where she taught classes in the arts for 20 years. Then, in 2004, she opened "The Art Shoppe" to offer art lessons to her community and share her passion with others.
She has all of the government clearances to work with children.
Becky loves and uses a variety of different mediums: oils, watercolors, and pen and ink -- all depending on the subject. Her work includes many different styles and types, but Becky mostly works in a realistic style.
One of Becky's favorite pastimes is gardening and many of her pieces are directly influenced by the time she has spent there admiring the designs and colors. Her favorite things to paint are flowers, landscapes and skies. She loves capturing what God has created in nature in her work.
As an art teacher, Becky says that her greatest reward is to see students accomplish something they never thought possible. She loves to draw in any medium, paint in oils and watercolor, do calligraphy, and draw caricatures and cartoons.
Most importantly though:
she loves to show others how to do it, too! Students appreciate her ability to communicate the thought process that an artist goes through to work on a piece of art and how best to use all the different mediums.
"Most people think they can't draw; perhaps it's because no one ever taught them how." I'd love to teach you how!
Becky Mayhew
Jane Curtis - Young Artists Teacher
Jane has been an elementary school teacher as well as an art teacher for over 30 years. She enjoys working with children and encouraging them to not only produce beautiful works of art but to enjoy the process while they do it. With her positive and enthusiastic approach to teaching, she not only helps her young students learn techniques and processes for creating art, but makes it fun and interesting to do so-- always encouraging their efforts and abilities.
Jane is current on all clearances required by the state to work with school-aged children.