My name is Della Hoke. My mother told me that I’ve been interested in drawing and colors since I was a toddler. I’ve always loved to draw and doodle, and ended up as a Drawing major at Penn State. Afterwards I went to the California Institute of the Arts’ Character Animation program. After I came home to Pennsylvania, I showed and sold my works at various local arts & crafts shows. I also taught art classes to children at the […]

I am a retired secretary, residing west of Duncannon. My interest in art started at an early age. At age 16, I took some informal art classes beginning with the basics of charcoal drawing, proceeding to pastels, then into oils. I took elective art courses in high school, attending painting workshops in the ensuing years. How does your medium inform your viewpoint? What do you like most about your medium? Working in oils has been my choice of medium because […]