Background
Rothermel, Joan Ashley was born on March 10, 1930 in Winchester, Massachusetts, United States. Daughter of Mark Braden Ashley and Anne Jorgenson.
Rothermel, Joan Ashley was born on March 10, 1930 in Winchester, Massachusetts, United States. Daughter of Mark Braden Ashley and Anne Jorgenson.
Bachelor of Fine Arts, Miami University, Oxford, Ohio, 1951. Master of Education Art, Miami University, Oxford, Ohio, 1970.
Teacher art Middletown Fine Arts Center, Ohio, 1971—1977. Sole juror national and state watercolor exhibitions Ohio Watercolor Society, Central Ohio Watercolor Society, Capital University, Columbus, Ohio, Beaufort Art Association, South Carolina, South Carolina Watercolor Society, Toledo Artists Club, 1982—1999. Instructor watercolor workshops national and state exhibitions Firelands Area Art League, Norwalk, Ohio, Hilton Head Island Workshops, South Carolina, Wyoming Valley Art League, Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, Idaho Watercolor Society, Boise, St. Louis Artists' Guild, Hawaii Watercolor Society, Honolulu, since 1982, Kanuga Watercolor Workshops, Hendersonville, North Carolina, 2002.
Juror of awards American Watercolor Society, 2005.
Member American Watercolor Society (treasurer since 1986, Dolphin fellow, Gold medal honor, Bronze medal, 8 other awards 1983-1999), National Watercolor Society, Allied Artists American, Midwest Watercolor Society, Ohio Watercolor Society, Knickerbocker Artists, Salmagundi Club.
Married Harold Christian Rothermel, December 30, 1950. Children: Lynn Schoenfield, Lawrence.
