Cecile attended the Portrait Festival at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York in 2001, and as a member of the American Society of Portrait Artists, participated in their international competition.

"My goal in painting is to be a good steward of the ability with which God has entrusted me and to strive to de-velop it to the fullest."
Cecile Langham Cothran

Cecile Langham Cothran is an award winning artist whose work has been juried into exhibits with competitors from across the Southeast. Oil portraits have been the concentration of her work since the early 90's. One was was chosen for the Charleston Artists Guild's 2000 Signature Exhibit.
Cecile has worked as a commercial artist and has taught art. She currently takes private students and also conducts adult classes in her studio (click the link above to see information on instruction.) She believes that her own private art lessons as a child prepared the foundation for a lifelong love for the arts. Her formal and independent study of art continued in high school and college. She has a BA in English and Art. Also a writer, she is a regional editor of "South Carolina Homes and Garden" and a former editor of "The South Carolina Gardener."
Cecile was born in Mobile, Alabama, grew up in North Augusta and Columbia, SC. She moved to Charleston as a young
staff artist at the "News and Courier," and met her husband there thirty-eight years ago. They have lived in the old village of Summerville for over 25 years. She opened Charleston Art & Portraits, Nov., '02.

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"My goal in painting is to be a good steward of the ability with which God has entrusted me and to strive to develop it to the fullest." Cecile Langham Cothran

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