Seniors Capture Original Wildlife
A new show of original wildlife paintings is on exhibit at the Ateaze Senior Center until September.
Doris Graeme took her first painting class 32 years ago at Dundalk Community College. But then life and work took back her time and she stopped painting shortly after she’d begun. She never lost interest in it, however. Three years ago, at the annual Dundalk Art Show in Veterans Park, the spark returned. “I just thought, ‘I could do that,' ” the 73-year-old Graeme recalled. Not retired - she’s a realtor with Long and Foster - Graeme makes sure she finds time for regular painting classes at the Ateaze Senior Center on Holabird Avenue. She has several original wildlife works in the center’s show, highlighting members’ watercolors, pen and ink drawings and acrylic paintings. The show opened July 7 and runs through September. In one work, …
