Delda Skinner

      Professor Skinner is adjunct professor of pastoral ministry and a graduate of the Episcopal Theological Seminary of the Southwest and professional artist. She is founder and past president of the First Frontier Collage Society in Austin, Texas.  She is a full  member of the Society of Layerists in MultiMedia based in Albuquerque, NM, a signature member of the National Watercolor Society, Los Angeles, Ca., the National Collage Society in Ohio and the Texas Watercolor Society.

         Her paintings have been published in 14 art books and an essay she wrote, “Spiritual Essence of Art”, appears in Bridging Time and Space – Essays on Layered Art. She has taught in all levels of public and private schools and presented art and faith seminars for many years.  Her paintings are in collections in the United States, Mexico and England.  

        She has a M.A,P.M., Episcopal Theological Seminary of the Southwest, B.A., Dominican Collage, B.B.A. Baylor University and studied Art in Florence, Italy at the Institute del Arte.

         She is a native Texas, was married 53 years to John Skinner before his death in 2002, has four children and 5 grandchildren and now lives, teaches and paints in Austin, Texas.