Alana Marie Knuff [NRA 2024]

First name: Alana ;
Middle name: Marie ;
Last name: Knuff ;

Member: Non-Resident Artist Member ; 
Begin: 2024 ;
End: n/a ;

Biography:

Drawing and painting have been a part of my life since childhood. I drew mostly from my imagination and observations. My mother, a graduate of the Cleveland Art Institute, encouraged me to pursue my art. At age nine, my colored pencil rendering won second place in a national art contest sponsored by Kellogg.

Both the artistic and the analytic shape my life. Left and right brain hold equal sway. My degree in math gave me a comfortable career in Capital Project Management, working for Harvard University and the University of Texas. Building projects were primarily research facilities and restorations of historic structures. In 2007, I joined a group of artists painting en plein air in Italy. The trip was a turning point. I retired and began my professional art career.

Life drawing and design were the only art courses I took in college. Beginning in 2008, daily painting, workshops, museum visits and art books helped me climb a steep learning curve. In 2011, I completed a month-long portrait workshop at the prestigious Florence Academy of Art in Florence, Italy, under the tutelage of Maureen Hyde. In 2013, Scottsdale Artist’s School awarded me a scholarship which I used to attend a portrait workshop by Romel de la Torre. Later that year, I attended a portrait workshop under the instruction of Michael Shane Neal.

In 2016, the American Society of Marine Artists honored me with Signature membership status. In February of 2020, The Art Renewal Center included my artwork in the Art Renewal Center’s Living Artists Gallery and honored me with the title ARC Associate Living Master™ (A.R.C.A.L.M.) In September of 2024, The Salmagundi Club honored me with “Non-resident” membership.

Website: http://www.alanaknuff.com/