WINONA MCKENNA Winona McKenna, a resident of Long Island, earned her Associate Degree (which included classes in art) from Suffolk County Community College and her BA degree, with a Major in Studio Art, from the State University of New York at Stony Brook. She continued her studies at the Art Student’s League in New York City under various instructors including Leatrice Ross, Terrance Coyle, and Richard Pionk. She has continued to attend workshops and demonstrations given by a variety of instructors. Though she has won a number of prizes, including First Place in the Sayville Summer Festival and First Place in the South Bay Art Association Annual Member’s exhibit here in Bellport, Winona paints not for the prizes and ribbons, but for the sheer joy of it. Painting for her is simply a lifelong passion; a God-given gift. To paint in an atmosphere of turpentine fumes, classical music, sunshine and oil paint is, for her, complete happiness.
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