Art And Oysters

Irene Sainz Mayo was born in New York City and lived in Fort Lee, New Jersey, on the Palisades overlooking the Hudson River and Manhattan. She studied Art History and oil painting under noted Cuban artist and professor Daniel Sera-Badue at St. Peter’s College. She subsequently attended the Universidad Autonoma de Centro America in San Jose, Costa Rica, and studied watercolor and drawing intensively. She also studied pastel drawing with Jim Theologos at the Centro Cultural in San Pedro, Costa Rica. Upon returning to the United States, she continued her studies at Fordham University and later at Georgia Southern University, from which she received a BA in Fine Arts. Savannah became her home in 1987.