Artist's Statement Books are our friends. Every color, every shape, every size and every subject. In my painting, Balanced Books , I tried to convey this thought.
Books are a wonderful source of information, new ideas, and enjoyment.
Biographical Ruth Seigel was born in Fort Wayne in 1916. Mostly self-taught, she started painting when she was fifty years old after taking art classes taught by Lee Coblentz at the Senior Adult Center. She also attended a few art classes at Saint Francis College and various workshops, but she relied heavily on what she learned from books borrowed from the Allen County Public Library. A member of the Fort Wayne Artists Guild, Mrs. Seigel has exhibited in their shows and at the First Wayne Street United Methodist Church, the Fort Wayne Women's Club, Huntington College, the Hoosier Salon, the Y.W.C.A., Lutheran Hospital, Parkview Hospital, the Lutheran Home, and elsewhere. She taught oil painting at the Y.W.C.A from about 1969 to 1975.