Natalie Van Kirk, a native of New Jersey is now retired and living in Venice, Florida. She is a self-taught painter in both oil and watercolor. Natalie is a graduate of the School ...view moreNatalie Van Kirk, a native of New Jersey is now retired and living in Venice, Florida. She is a self-taught painter in both oil and watercolor. Natalie is a graduate of the School of Visual Arts, in New York City where she studied Commercial Art. Then she worked professionally for many years in fashion illustration and the motion picture industry, from TV Commercials to classified training films for the government and NASA.
The last ten years of her career Natalie was an instructor at Spectrum Institute for the Advertising Arts in New Jersey, teaching Advertising and Illustration. Her paintings hang in private collections throughout the United States, as well as Holland, England and Scotland. Natalie has always enjoyed writing and has written and published a number of short stories. Natalie also writes and publishes several monthly Newsletters.view less