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Mother and daughter artists display work at SRU
By Dara Salley
Rocket Assistant Life/A&E Editor
Issue date: 1/27/06 Section: Life
The joint exhibition of artwork by the mother and daughter team of Mary Hogg and Nancy Hogg-Kneupper opened on Tuesday at the new Maltby Center Art Gallery.
Hogg and Hog-Kneupper are both Slippery Rock residents. Hogg teaches art at Slippery Rock Middle School and when the students outgrow the middle school they go on to be taught by her daughter at Slippery Rock High School.
For Hogg, art has been a lifelong career.
"I always enjoyed art. I started out going for architecture at Penn State," Hogg said. "In most of my classes I was the only girl in the class. I got a bachelor's of science in architecture and worked for a while in Butler."
When she had her children, including her daughter Nancy, she changed careers.
"When my children were young I decided to change to teaching art because I wanted to spend more time with my husband and family," Hogg said. "I have taught art for 21 years at the Slippery Rock Middle School."
Kneupper inherited her mother's love of art at a young age.
"My mother has been a big influence over the years," Kneupper said.
Painting has only been a recent development in Kneupper's career.
"I've done many other types of art and avoided painting for a while," Kneupper said. "I was always into other things. I used to do sculpture but it is hard to do because you need a lot of space and equipment."
On the other hand Hogg's collection of paintings is done in watercolor.
"I mostly paint with oils but I have started using watercolor, mostly because it is easier to transport. I like to paint things around me, in my environment, things I am familiar with. I don't paint things that I have to copy," Hogg said.
Hogg now teaches watercolor classes at Slippery Rock University's Institute for Learning in Retirement.
"With art it is all about decisions that you have to make, many people can see the same thing and make different presentations of it," Hogg said. "Art is the one class where you always have the right answer."
Hogg and Hog-Kneupper are both Slippery Rock residents. Hogg teaches art at Slippery Rock Middle School and when the students outgrow the middle school they go on to be taught by her daughter at Slippery Rock High School.
For Hogg, art has been a lifelong career.
"I always enjoyed art. I started out going for architecture at Penn State," Hogg said. "In most of my classes I was the only girl in the class. I got a bachelor's of science in architecture and worked for a while in Butler."
When she had her children, including her daughter Nancy, she changed careers.
"When my children were young I decided to change to teaching art because I wanted to spend more time with my husband and family," Hogg said. "I have taught art for 21 years at the Slippery Rock Middle School."
Kneupper inherited her mother's love of art at a young age.
"My mother has been a big influence over the years," Kneupper said.
Painting has only been a recent development in Kneupper's career.
"I've done many other types of art and avoided painting for a while," Kneupper said. "I was always into other things. I used to do sculpture but it is hard to do because you need a lot of space and equipment."
On the other hand Hogg's collection of paintings is done in watercolor.
"I mostly paint with oils but I have started using watercolor, mostly because it is easier to transport. I like to paint things around me, in my environment, things I am familiar with. I don't paint things that I have to copy," Hogg said.
Hogg now teaches watercolor classes at Slippery Rock University's Institute for Learning in Retirement.
"With art it is all about decisions that you have to make, many people can see the same thing and make different presentations of it," Hogg said. "Art is the one class where you always have the right answer."
