Clytie Mead
clytiem@prodigy.net
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 Clytie
Mead was raised in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, where her parents,
William and Barbara Pfouts, had their architectural rendering
studio in the family home. The Pfouts' worked primarily in
watercolor and young Clytie was often given partly-dried
paints, old brushes, and scraps of watercolor board to paint
on. Special family evenings often had everyone sitting around
the dining room table painting pictures. "I can't remember
a time when I couldn't paint in watercolor," Clytie
says.
 Clytie
Mead graduated from Carnegie Mellon University with a BFA
in Painting and went on to get a MA from Cornell University.
After graduation from Cornell, she lived in Southern California
until she moved to the Big Island in 1991.
After a period of years when life seemed to get in the way
of art, Clytie began painting seriously again when she began
to study the Chinese technique of watercolor on silk with
Jane Chao. She feels this has given her a fresh approach
to her interpretation of the abundant beauty of this tropical
island.
 Clytie
Mead's floral watercolors have been exhibited in Hong Kong
and are presently hanging in private collections here in
Hawaii and on the Mainland. She is an active member of the
Splendors
of Oriental Painting Club and the Hamakua Artisans' Guild.
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