About

  Muriel Sutcher Knapp

Muriel showed her artistic talent as a child and her mother saw to it that she received art classes at the Art Institute in Chicago. After high school graduation she attended the University of Illinois at Champaign Urbana receiving a BFA degree in Industrial Design. The Commercial Art world was not friendly to women and so Muriel became an elementary school teacher and taught school in Chicago and San Francisco for 21 years.

  Art became a sometime activity till she retired and devoted herself to art full time. She painted still lives and portraits in oils and acrylics. In recent years she became interested in textiles, adding silk painting and felt making to her artistic endeavors. Presently she has focused her energy on combining fabric, paint and objects into her still life paintings and portraits. Silk, cotton, felt and other textiles adds depth and texture to her canvases. 

  Her work has been shown in San Francisco, Marin, Minneapolis, MN, Healdsburg, Petaluma Art Center, Sebastopol Art Center and the Pelican Gallery in Petaluma.

  Muriel is a founding member of the Petaluma Arts Council, and  member of Sebastopol Center of the Arts. She is also a member of the Petaluma Arts Association where she was chair person of the program committee for 7 years.