Jean was born and raised in Allentown, Pennsylvania. Originally trained as a nurse at Allentown Hospital and Moravian College, she worked for many years in the nursing profession. A number of family relocations to Texas and New Jersey enabled Jean to pursue additional academic interests. She studied at Sam Houston State College in Texas, and went on to earn an English Teaching Certificate from Lafayette College in
Easton, Pennsylvania. While living in New Jersey and Texas, she renewed an early interest in art, and began oil painting under the tutelage of several local...more
