 A
native of Manhattan, Millie's artistic talent was first
noticed by her junior high school teacher who encouraged
her to attend the School of Industrial Art in New York City.
Following graduation, she also studied under Alexis von
Volborth, University of Cincinnati Art Professor, for two
years; Frank Szasz; Daniel Greene N.A., PSA; Anna K. Singly;
and Kay Polk, PSA, APSC. Ms. Torres-Speeg has also enjoyed
a career as a practitioner of Shiatsu and is the Founder
of the World Community Foundation, a Non-Governmental grassroots
organization to better conditions on the planet and in the
community. Millie also believes education is a life long
pursuit towards well-being and peace. Millie has lived and
traveled throughout the United States, Asia, the Caribbean,
and Central America. She currently resides in Mountain City,
Georgia with her husband, Roger, a retired Marine Corps
Officer.
Millie is the Past President of the Albany,Georgia Artists
Guild; member of the Currahee Artist Guild and member of
the Northeast Georgia Artist Guild. She has exhibited at
the Georgia Council for the Arts; Albany Museum of Art;
Thomasville, Georgia Cultural Center; State Capital Gallery;
Andrew College; Jimmy Carter Library-Georgia Southwestern
State College and the Atlanta Spirit of America Native American
and Wildlife Art Festival-2000. She was a featured Artist
at the Colquitt County Arts Center in Moultrie, Georgia
and has exibited with the Southeastern Pastel Society (Dekalb
College).
As a Marine Corps wife for twenty-five years, I painted
in many diverse environments...a "nomadic studio"
if you will. "Basements, attics, screened-in-porches
in Japan, extra rooms, spacious laundry rooms and back-yard
cottages"... gentle and major frustrations...always
a challenge!
I have painted since childhood but only recently began marketing
my work AND now I am settled in the mountains of northeast
Georgia...and another home-based studio which is almost
perfect. Very close to the western North Carolina Cherokee
Nation, I have conducted extensive research in order to
portray the "Spirit of the Cherokee Nation".
Thanks for visiting my website.
Sincerely,
Mildred Torres-Speeg (Millie)
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