Brenda Butka
oil, watercolor
I have always been a bit of a scribbler, but my art start really came in middle age with an adult education drawing class. Since then I have been scribbling in earnest, drawing and painting around the edges of a life filled with a career in pulmonary medicine, children, and a Nashville farm. I just try to react honestly and directly to the world around me, however I can—often drawing on the 3×5 cards in the pocket of my white coat during my workday, or sketching neighbors at the beach or in the airport. Exhibits & Honors Group of Five, Martha’s Studio, Nashville, TN 2010 Bells Bend: A Sense of Place, Art and Invention Gallery, Nashville, TN , 2010 Fall Show, Chestnut Art Group, Belle Meade, Nashville, TN 2009 First place, Oil, Tennessee Art League Juried Show, 2009 First place for visual art, Tabula Rasa, 2009 Three Artists, Martha’s Studio, Nashville, TN, 2008 Starpanel, Exhibit, Society for Medicine and the Arts, Chicago, TN 2006 Starpanel, Solo show, Vanderbilt Medical Center, Nashville, TN, 2005 Solo show, Nashville Jewish Community Center, 2005 Tomato Art Show, Art and Invention Gallery, Nashville, TN, 2004-2010 Connected, Solo show, Spaces, Nashville, TN 2003
