A welcome addition to the art community here in Hill Country, Boerne Art League introduces ASHLEITH, whose opening words were, “At last, back in Texas! I consider this home. I can’t wait to start portraying the people and the exciting landscape of big sky and mesquite.”
ASHLEITH earned her undergraduate degree from Trinity University in San Antonio, and a master’s degree in fine arts, cumulating with studies from the Cecil Graves Atelier (Florence, Italy 1985), post-studies with Henry Henche, Nelson Shanks, and a tutorial scholarship under her mother, Dorothy Scanlan, a graduate of Pratt Institute.
She is an artist of various talents. ASHLEITH — the professional name of Melissa Ash Askins Brownell — has enjoyed a very successful career as a portraitist. Her commissions include the spectrum of doctors, lawyers, a president, and Indian chief.
