Verna McClain
Marsh Hen Studio
Spring Hill, Florida
marshhen501@yahoo.com
www.vernamcclain.com
352-340-5055 or 609-364-9933

Significant Exhibits
Riverfront Renaissance Center Alcove, Millville, NJ, Nov & Dec 2009, Four Painter Exhibit - Pastels
Looking glass Café, Millville, NJ, Oct-Dec. 2009, NJ, Pastels- Solo Exhibit
Living Arts Club, Deptford NJ, , March/April 2009  - Two Painter Exhibit – Pastels
Ocean City Arts Center Annual Juried Show, Ocean City, NJ, November 2008
Noyes Museum, Oceanville, NJ Juried Exhibit, Sept/October  2008
Riverfront Renaissance Center Alcove, Millville , NJ, June 2008, - Two Person Exhibit - Pastels
Gallery 50, Bridgeton, NJ, April 2008, Pastels – Two Painter Exhibit - Pastels
Susquehanna Bank, Millville, NJ, Summer 2007, Photos – Solo Exhibit
New Jersey Pastel Painters Society Open Juried Exhibit Smithville Mansion Easthampton, NJ, August 2007
Riverfront Renaissance Center  Alcove, Millville, NJ April 2006, Two Person Exhibit,  Pastels
Bridgeton, NJ Hospice Center, November 2006, Pastels & Photos – Solo Exhibit
Vineland  Art Alliance, Vineland, NJ, September 2005, Pastels – Solo Exhibit
Southern Realty, Millville, NJ, Aug & Sept 2005, Photos – Solo Exhibit
Lovettsville Library, Lovettsville, VA, Jan/Feb 2004, Paintings – Solo Exhibit

Awards
NJ Pastel Painters' Soc., Open Juried Exhibit, Southern NJ Center for the Arts Marleton, NJ, 4/09 Merit Award
Ocean City Fine Arts League Juried Pastel Exhibit, Ocean City NJ, Honorable Mention November 2008
Ocean City Fine Arts League, Annual Pastel Exhibit, Ocean City NJ, November 2008, Honorable Mention (Pastel)
Society of New Jersey Artists, Hammonton, NJ August 2008, 1st Place Under Glass, (Pastel)
Society of New Jersey Artists , Vineland, NJ, February 2008, 2nd Place Under Glass (Pastel)
Cumberland County Senior Art Competition, June 2007, 1st Place Professional Digital Imaging
Society of New Jersey Artists Spring 2007, Millville, NJ, 2nd Place Under Glass (Pastel)
Nature & Landscape Regional Show, Gallery 50, Bridgeton , NJ , Best Work on Paper (Pastel) 9/06,  
NJ State Senior Art Competition, Flemington, NJ, Sept/Oct. 2006, 1st Place, Professional Digital Imagery
"Women in the Arts", Hammonton Arts Center, Hammonton, NJ, March 2007-First Place in Photography
Society of NJ Artists Theme Show, August 2006, 1st Place Under Glass (Pastel)
Cumberland County Senior Art Show, June/July 2006 - 1st Place Prof. Pastel, 1st Place Professional Digital Imagery,
Society of New Jersey Artists Theme show, NJ 8/05 - 2nd Place Under Glass (Pastel)
Society of NJ Artists, Spring 2005, 2nd Place & Honorable Mention under Glass (Pastels)
Society of NJ Artists, Fall 2004, 2nd Place and Honorable Mention under Glass (Pastels)

Press/Publicity
Main Street Millville, Winter 2008 Feature Article
Inside/Outside Exhibit 2008 Extensive press coverage
HK Hovanian Builders, painting selected for publicity 2008
Atlantic City Press, Feature Article, 10/16/06
Serendipity Magazine, Feature article “Marsh Madness”  May 2006

Professional Affiliations & Art Education
Florida West Coast Plein Air Painters
Spring Hill Art League
West Pasco Art Guild
Art Classes
2004-2007 Barn Studio of Art, Millville NJ
2000-2004 Loudoun Academy of Art, Leesburg, VA
Workshops
Jill Rupinksi, Color Theory & Wet Techniques with Pastel, 2009
Stan Sperlak, Pastels, 2006
Maggie Siner, Oil
Master Class, 2005
Albert Handell, Pastels, 2003

Collections
Cohen, Milstein, Sellers & Toll PLLC, Washington, DC
Jewish Federation of Cumberland County, Vineland, NJ
Family Dentistry, Millville, NJ
Coldwell Banker, McClain Heller, Vineland, NJ
Casa Dori ll, Vineland NJ
Private Collections from coast to coast