Middleburg Community Center ART OF THE PIEDMONT

Autumn FieldsAntonia Walker 24ANTONIA WALKER, a recent visitingartist to the American Academyin Rome, has become known for herpaintings of the Virginia countrysideas well as images of Italy and France.The artist received a BFA from theUniversity of Georgia where shestudied painting and printmakingand then attended graduate schoolat George Washington University.Later while living in South America,she studied drawing and anatomywith Spanish sculptor, Benjamin Saul.In 1998, Ms. Walker was invited tobe a visiting artist at the AmericanAcademy in Rome where she wasprovided a studio in which to work.In 1977, the artist painted in Francewhen she took a graduate paintingclass with William Woodward in Brittany.This past summer she went toProvence where she joined a groupof painters in a small hamlet nearRousillion from which they journeyedeach day to paint landscapes.THE ARTIST’S WORK has beenrepresented in many collectionsincluding the Arts-in-Embassyprogram of the State Department,and in many corporate and privatecollections throughout the country.In 1989 Ms. Walker was invited toparticipate in a NASA panel of visualartists and poets gathered to createworks celebrating the space program.Further works can be seen at Gallery222 in Leesburg , the HandwrightGallery in New Canaan, CT, and theLongview Gallery in Sperryville, VA.