Varya Witlin

Memoir of Roy and Varya's Marriage,          A Comedy of Transcendence,  available  for purchase on Amazon Books
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09QGB41JG

   SELECTED SOLO AND JOINT SHOWS

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•  Opera Central Gallery, St. Petersburg FL  (solo)

•  Unitarian Universalist Church, Clearwater FL (group show)

•  City Gallery,  Charleston SC (solo)

•  Gibbes Museum of Art, Charleston SC (joint with Roy)

•  Piccolo Spoleto, KKBE, Charleston SC (solo)

•  Jefferson University Common Art Gallery, Philadelphia PA (solo)

•  Philadelphia Sketch Club, Philadelphia PA (solo) 

•  Montezinos Gallery, Philadelphia PA, (Solo Show)  

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    ART AND ART THERAPY ACCOMPLISHMENTS​​

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• Published: A Comedy of Transcendence, Memoir of the marriage of two artists. 

• Founded and Joint Directed for nine years: Regional Children's Art Show, North Pinellas FL

• Published: Five Research Articles and Two Case Studies, American Journal of Art Therapy

• Taught: Art Therapy, Graduate  School, Hahnemann Medical University

• M.S. Degree, Mental Health, Hahnemann Medical University

• Registered Art Psychotherapist

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• ENVIRONMENTAL ILLNESS: In 1990, I was diagnosed with Multiple Chemical Sensitivities.  I had been painting with acrylic paints, but  became so sensitized to  art materials that I could soon no longer do artwork at all. Even drawing with writing pencils caused a sensitivity reaction.   By avoiding those chemicals for a long time, I became stronger, and was eventually able to use children’s drawing sticks and school watercolors.  Today, after painstakingly avoiding and replacing sensitizing chemicals, I am able to use Sennelier oil pastels, Rembrandt colored pencils, guache and, most recently, Treehouse walnut oil paints. Work can be slow because I can easily be resensitized, but after years of not being able to paint, I now have immeasurable joy, expressing my ideas in the vibrant media available to me.