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For Lene Alston Casey, what began as a hobby
in 1989 has developed into a career. Ms. Casey
began to study oil painting in the summers
where she met Egidio Antonaccio, another artist
whose images can be seen in Bentley House
prints. The prevailing images in her work reflect
her love of gardening and the lush, natural
beauty of the Deep South. Her ability to skillfully
capture detail as well as nuances of light and
shadow is extraordinary in a painter so early in
her professional career.
Since she began painting, she has studied with
a number of well-established realist landscapists
in North Carolina including the highly acclaimed
painter Edward Szmyd.
Born in Littleton, North Carolina, Lene attended
Salem College in Winston-Salem, North Carolina
and graduated in 1959 from the University of
North Carolina with a Bachelor of Arts degree
in Art Education. She taught art in junior high
schools in North Carolina and New Jersey before
pursuing her studies in interior design at New York
University and Parson’s School of Design in New
York City.
She later returned to the South where she was
an active interior designer with various firms
throughout the region. While residing in South
Carolina, she was vice president and senior
designer at Hilton Head Interiors. Lene has been
a professional member of The American Society
of Interior Designers since 1968, and she is still
active in consulting work in interior design.
Lene Alston Casey’s original works are published
in open and limited edition prints exclusively by
Bentley House of Walnut Creek, California and
are distributed worldwide.
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