Lois Main Templeton
Lois Main Templeton was an abstract oil painter who helped revitalize much of the Indianapolis art community.
Personal life
Lois Main Templeton was born in Madison, Wisconsin to Dorothy Turner Main and John Smith Main. She married Kenneth Stuart Templeton Jr in 1947.Career
In 1981 she graduated from Herron [School of Art and Design] and rented a studio at the Faris Building in Indianapolis. Her art used oil paint to create abstract paintings. In the 1990s, she was started including words within her paintings.She help found Very Special Arts in Indianapolis, which provides art education and community to people with special needs. Main Templeton taught at Herron after graduating from the school, while also creating art programs for children across Indianapolis.
Main Templeton received the NUVO Cultural Vision Lifetime Achievement Award in 2011. She also the books The Studio Book and Who Makes the Sun Rise.