Glenda Allen Green is an American artist, academic, and writer. She has accomplishments in art, art history, science, philosophy, spirituality, and philosophy.

Life

Born in 1945, Glenda is a native of Weatherford, Texas. She married art historian and critic Victor Koshkin-Youritzin on August 30, 1970 and together they moved to Norman, Oklahoma in 1972. She was remarried to Brian Bibb in 1980.

Education

Glenda pursued her Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in painting at Texas Christian University (TCU). As a student there, she won first place in a national intercollegiate painting competition and graduated

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with honors in 1967. Continuing her education, Glenda obtained an M.A. in art history from

Tulane University Tulane University, officially the Tulane University of Louisiana, is a private university, private research university in New Orleans, Louisiana. Founded as the Medical College of Louisiana in 1834 by seven young medical doctors, it turned into ...

in 1970, with her thesis focusing on French Gothic sculpture. During her period as an M.A. student, she held a three-year Kress fellowship, taught art history, and was curator of collections for the

Newcomb College H. Sophie Newcomb Memorial College, or Newcomb College, was the coordinate women's college of Tulane University located in New Orleans, in the U.S. state of Louisiana. It was founded by Josephine Louise Newcomb in 1886 in memory of her daughter. ...

art department. She also worked at

Fort Worth Fort Worth is the fifth-largest city in the U.S. state of Texas and the 13th-largest city in the United States. It is the county seat of Tarrant County, covering nearly into four other counties: Denton, Johnson, Parker, and Wise. According ...

Kimbell Art Museum The Kimbell Art Museum in Fort Worth, Texas, hosts an art collection as well as traveling art exhibitions, educational programs and an extensive research library. Its initial artwork came from the private collection of Kay and Velma Kimbell, wh ...

as a research assistant to the institution's director from 1968–1969.

Career

Glenda's painting career as began seriously in 1970 following graduation from her M.A. program. She had established herself as a leading portrait painter and realist by the time she joined the art department at the

University of Oklahoma The University of Oklahoma (OU) is a Public university, public research university in Norman, Oklahoma. Founded in 1890, it had existed in Oklahoma Territory near Indian Territory for 17 years before the two Territories became the state of Oklahom ...

(from 1972-1976) to teach art history and serve as a guest artist on faculty. Glenda has had her work displayed on exhibition in the United States at the Museum of the Southwest, Midland Texas (1975), Museum of Art, University of Oklahoma, Norman (1975), Oklahoma Museum of Art, Oklahoma City (1976), Philbrook Art Center, Tulsa (1978), the Smithsonian Institution, the Museum of the City of New York, and Williams College Museum of Art. Beginning in 1980, Glenda's prints were published and distributed by Bruce McGaw Graphics of NYC. From 1986–1987, the Oklahoma Art Center in Oklahoma City honored Glenda with a retrospective of her paintings and portraits. In 1998 she had a show at the

Mabee-Gerrer Museum of Art The Mabee-Gerrer Museum of Art is a non-profit art museum in Shawnee, Oklahoma, USA. It is located on the Oklahoma Baptist University Green Campus, being the campus of the former St. Gregory's University. The museum operated independently of St. ...

. More than 20% of her work is now owned by museums such as the Louvre, the British Museum, the Hermitage, and the Prado. Although Glenda has been praised for her work in pencil, pen, and lithography, her preferred medium is oil painting. Her painting technique is known for its detailed realism and expressive brush work, which communicates both energy and luminosity. It was during her creation of an inspired painting of

Christ Jesus, likely from he, יֵשׁוּעַ, translit=Yēšūaʿ, label=Hebrew/Aramaic ( AD 30 or 33), also referred to as Jesus Christ or Jesus of Nazareth (among other Names and titles of Jesus in the New Testament, names and titles), was ...

, ''The Lamb and The Lion'', in 1992 that she turned to spiritual writing. Glenda has said that before the fall of 1991, when she was asked to paint a portrait of Jesus Christ, she had not considered the possibility of designating an exclusive spiritual purpose to any of her works. She is now a public speaker on spirituality and lives in Fort Worth, Texas.

Works

*''Love Without End: Jesus Speaks'', Spiritis Publishing (1998) *''The Keys of Jeshua'', Spiritis Publishing (2004)

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