A native Georgian, Brenda received her BA Degree at Berry College. After moving to Maryland, she worked as Hostess in charge of DuPont’s Conference facility at Chesapeake Farms. She retired from this position in 1998 in order to fulfill her long time desire to become, hopefully, the best artist she is capable of becoming.

The common thread in all her work is the critical importance of light and color. In fact, she feels that light is the actual subject in all her work. Her goal is to portray nature in a realistic manner; she likes to get up close and allow the viewer to see what he otherwise may have missed. She wants each painting to capture an appreciation of the intricacies of her subject, and because of this, she has quite often heard the comment that her large flowers are reminiscent of Georgia O’Keefe.

Brenda’s work can be seen in The Artists’ Gallery on High Street in Chestertown, MD, in The Rock Hall Gallery on Main Street in Rock Hall, MD, and in Gallery 1683 on Main Street in Annapolis, MD