Bethia brehmer biography of alberta

      I was the only child of pacifist, vegetarian parents in Sheboygan, Wisconsin where these descriptive words were almost like a foreign language.  My mother, read “Silent Spring” when it was first published.  In short, I was an oddball in my hometown.  My ethics and themes have followed me:  peace, nature, protecting nature, birds, which my father, a dentist, also loved.  I studied music and art as a kid, and was guided toward art as a better bet for earning a living.

     At the University of Michigan College of Architecture and Design, I majored in oil painting.  I took an etching class with Frank Cassara, which was terribly difficult; I was completely mystified the entire semester.  But somehow, also, hooked.  And I immediately had my own style.  I could show my first etchings today without embarrassment.

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