OVERCOMING RACISM : About Ruth Tietjen Councell

A series of six oil paintings
by Corinne Peters and Ruth Councell

Commissioned especially for “NO MORE IN MY CHURCH!”
An Anti-racism Conference of the Episcopal Diocese of New Jersey
Held November 19, 2005 at Trinity Cathedral, Trenton

Ruth Tietjen Councell is an artist and illustrator, who, at various times, has specialized in drawing and painting, graphic design, children’s illustration, and botanical art. A native of California, she studied art at the University of Redlands and at UC Santa Barbara.

Ruth is currently doing oil painting on a variety of subjects, both secular and religious, and chairs the New Jersey Chapter of ECVA (The Episcopal Church and Visual Arts). She also teaches art at Trinity Cathedral Academy.

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