The creations of Rhona LK Schonwald have won the trifecta----awards in painting, sculpture & photography. Her paintings are in the permanent collections of Duke University Freeman Center and the Consulate of Dubai. She is a founding member of 2 galleries in Maryland. Schonwald has been juried into Women in the Visual Arts as well as National Association of Women Artists and she was president of the Bethesda chapter of National League of American Pen Women for 5 years. Galleries and museums throughout the country have exhibited her work and they have been collected by patrons throughout the USA & Canada.
Schonwald’s images have also been used as covers by internationally acclaimed Swedish musician Tommie Haglund for his music cd’s as well as his international biography. She was invited to exhibit her works during the annual music festival in his honor presided over by the King of Sweden.
Art lessons began at age 11 and she has continued creating at every opportunity since, whether in or out of school. She majored in Art Education at University of Maryland and loved teaching art at the elementary school level. She found the imaginations of kids fascinating. She continued her education beyond the University, studying sculpture at Baltimore ClayWorks with Frieda Sohn & Chin Yuen Chen and painting with Gladys Goldstein and then experimenting and evolving continuously on her own.
Rhona LK Schonwald was born and raised in Baltimore Maryland, and has recently relocated to south Florida with her husband. Her wonderful family, friends and numerous interests provide constant inspiration.