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Fern Whitaker

Biography: Fern Whitaker is a realistic artist, her major interest is portraiture. She prefers Acrylic paint for most of her projects. Her art training is from Southern Illinois University - Edwardsville. During the 1960's she was known as "artist in a smokehouse" due to her residence in southern Missouri and using an old smokehouse as her studio. She presently is very involved with historical preservation and does a lot of portraits of historical reenactors in historical regalia. Country: United States of America Birthyear: 1945 Galleries: Van Buren Library Jour de Fete Hillfolk Art League Making Time St. Louis Co.Parks Awards: Gold Award Southern Illinois University Van Buren Library One Man Show Hillfolk Art League Media: acrylic Style: realistic Subjects: people, portraits and characters