Background
Jeanne Alexandra was born on September 27, 1943 in Norfolk, Virginia, United States. Daughter of John Cranston Heintzelman and Elizabeth Townshend Howlett.
Jeanne Alexandra was born on September 27, 1943 in Norfolk, Virginia, United States. Daughter of John Cranston Heintzelman and Elizabeth Townshend Howlett.
Jeanne studied at Kansas State University in Manhattan, New York, United States. In 1966 she became a Bachelor of Fine Arts.
In 2004 she studied at Pacific Western University. Jeanne became a Master of Fine Arts.
Painting instructor North York (Ontario, Canada) Board of Education, 1975—1994. Professor fine arts Seneca College, Toronto, 1983—1985. Founder, instructor Northview Group of Artists, 1992—1998.
Adjunct assistant professor University South Carolina Beaufort, Hilton Head Island, 1999—2006. Art instructor Beaufort Parks and Leisure Services, 2000—2005. Instructor University South Carolina Beaufort Continuing Education, 2000—2005, Hilton Head Art League, Hilton Head Island, 2003—2018.
Chairman education committee Hilton Head Art League, Hilton Head Island, 2004—2008. Juror Oakville Art Association, Canada, 2000, Hilton Head Plantation Artists, 2006. Instructor and artist-in-residence Aspotogan Painting Workshop, Northwest Cove, Nova Scotia, Canada, 2004, Culpeper, Virginia, 05.
Invited artist Charles St. Gallery, Beaufort, 2003, 04, 05, 2006—2008, 2010. Artist in residence Windmore Group of Artists, Culpepper, Virginia, since 2005, Blue Mountain School Landscape Painting, Colling Wood, Ontario, Canada, 2008—2009, Southampton School Art, 2010. Recording secretary Arts and Cultural Council Southern Beaufurt County, 2006—2009.
Design of corporate logos for seven independent businesses.
Eight one-person art exhibitions, Hilton Head Island and Bluffton, SC
Book illustrator for book title: Something So Real by S. Kaprive
Juror: Oakville Group of Artists, Oakville, Ontario, Annual Fernandina Beach Art Exhibition, Amelia Island, FL
(64 watercolor illustrations by Alexandra Sharma, bring th...)
2018Exhibitions include Four images of Native American Chieftans, 1999, Island Treasures Revealed, As We See It, 2006, one-woman shows include Oil and Water, 2004, Oil and Water II, 2004, Water-Color-Ink, 2005, Island Perspectives, 2005, East Meets West, 2006, Painters Paint Honey Hern, Water works, 2008, On The Move, 2010.
Founder: Multimedia Arts Guild, Kingston, Ontario, member of Northview Group of Artist, Toronto, ON,, Apple Pie Painters, Hilton Head Art League, Sertoma Club, Hilton Head Island, SC, and a Lifetime member of the National Art Honorary, Delta Phi Delta.
Jeanne married to Shashi Nath Sharma on August 2, 1965. Children: Ravi Ivan, Sonya Heintzelman Sharma-Scott.