Background
Hoffman, Elaine Janet was born on August 19, 1925 in Oak Park, Illinois, United States. Daughter of Dewitt Alexander and Magda Catherine (Christensen) Patterson.
Hoffman, Elaine Janet was born on August 19, 1925 in Oak Park, Illinois, United States. Daughter of Dewitt Alexander and Magda Catherine (Christensen) Patterson.
Degree, Averett University, Danville, Virginia, 1945. Bachelor, Marylhurst University, Lake Oswego, Oregon, 1978. Graduate, Northwest Watercolor School, Chicago, 1965.
Graduate, North Light Art School, Oregon, 1990.
Active Lake Oswego Arts Development Committee, since 1989, Lake Oswego Adult Center, since 1989. Deacon Lake Grove Presbyterian Church, Lake Oswego, since 1982. Member Art Institute Oregon, Portland Critique Group, Portland Watercolor Group, Watercolor Society Oregon, Colored Pencil Society of America (vice president 2001), Lake Area Artists (pres 1967-1968, 71-72, 72-73).
Married Carl Rudolph Hoffman. Children: Clayton, Lynda Hoffman Snodgrass, Byron.