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in Santa Monica, California in 1953, Sydney has called
Floridaher
home since age 11. She
began her painting career in the Sarasota area in the mid- eighties
as a mostly self-taught watercolor artist and gained quick success,
winning awards and exhibiting in Sarasota Art Galleries. |
Sydney
was chosen as the poster artist for the Anna Maria Festival
of Fine Arts in 1989, and has been featured on the cover of
numerous magazines, including “Florida Living Magazine”
July, 1992 issue.
After
obtaining a degree in Visual Arts from Eckerd College in St.
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| 1996, she attended a semester of graduate studies in fine art at Cortona, Italy through the University
of Georgia. Sydney then returned to the United States, where
she relocated to St. Augustine and opened the Sydney McKenna
Gallery in 1997. She sees St. Augustine as the perfect combination
of her two favorite locales: European architecture combined
with the lush Florida environment.
Currently,
in addition to running her own gallery, she accepts commissions,
is represented at the Butterfield Garage Gallery in St. Augustine and teaches oil painting at
the Cultural Center at Ponte Vedra Beach. |
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For
full vitae, see "Résumé".
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5 Inlet Place
St. Augustine, FL 32080
904.824.2414 • 904.806.2261 |
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