Born Norma Geraldine Penny, Schenectady, NY. Brooklyn childhood
Brill Building secretary during the 50's. Lived in Brooklyn Heights and East Side of Manhattan until 1963. Studied Psychology at Columbia University. Married Dave Mann, pianist and composer of Sinatra's Wee Small Hours. Moved to Jersey, gave birth, learned to drive, determined to PAINT. Instruction:
Drawing and painting at Upstairs 91 under Ernest Mondorf,
Painting at Art Student's League under Julian Levy, Marshall Glaser, and Isaac Soyer and Drawing and Artistic Anatomy under...more