Tanya Lemma has been an elementary and middle school teacher/counselor for 24 years. She and her husband have taught in International Schools in Germany, Belgium, and Thailand. She has a B.A. Degree from Cal Poly in California, and a M.Ed. from Washington State University. Tanya’s love of art began at a very young age with encouragement from her parents. Having experimented in a variety of media, she has studied watercolor painting intensively for the last eight years and taken classes from internationally recognized artist and teacher Ron Ranson and Judy Morris, as well as regional artists Sharon Freeman, Ann Breckon, Loretta Warner, Judey Hartzell, and Rebecca Gehring. She is a member of the Pacific Gallery Artists and the Rainier League of Arts.
Tanya’s watercolors have been juried into the Puyallup Fair Fine Art Show for several years, and the Washington State History Museum Tall Ship Art Show. Her painting, “The Harbor” won honorable mention at the Puyallup Fair. Her paintings have been shown at the BronzeWorks Gallery, Border’s Books, Lakewold Gardens, Karpeles Museum, the Enumclaw Evening of Art Event, as well as several local venues. She currently resides in University Place, Washington, with her husband and twelve-year-old son, teaching elementary school, and encouraging her students to draw and paint. You may contact her at 253-460-2841 or lemmausa@comcast.net.
