Madeleine Schooley

     MADELEINE GREW UP IN BLUFFTON, NOW LIVING IN MICHIGAN CITY, INDIANA WITH HUSBAND, GALE. SHE IS THE MOTHER OF 5 CHILDREN AND 8 GRAND-CHILDREN. SHE IS A CHILDREN'S ART EDUCATOR AT ST. PAUL LUTHERAN SCHOOL, TEACHING GRADES K-8. MADELEINE CAME TO TEACH ART THROUGH THE INFLUENCE OF DOROTHY LINDSTRAND, HER FIRST ART INSTRUCTOR AND WIFE OF HER FRIEND, HARRY. HER OWN ACRYLIC STYLE OF PAINTING IS REPRESENTATIVE OF CURVI-LINEAR OBJECTS, STAINED-GLASS WINDOWS AND THE ART NOUVEAU PERIOD OF ART, WITH INFLUENCES FROM MATISSE, TIFFANY AND KLIMT.