At Bucks County Classical Art Center we have a small but dedicated staff. One thing that separates us from bigger schools is that we are all working, practicing our art and teaching all the time. We know what it is like to be a student and we made an environment that is easy to learn in. I loved great studio environments as a student and that led me to want to make a great environment here where I live in Bucks County, PA. We make great art and learn but further, people make friends, build connections and make memories here!
​John Murdoch

John Murdoch: Instructor and director

John Murdoch is director of Bucks County Classical Arts Center and a master artist and teacher.
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John has studied and has been making classical art for decades. He produces portraiture, figurative and still life paintings with an otherworldly edge, often using hand-ground paints and gold leaf on wood panel or canvas.

One of John’s gifts is making this difficult to master material accessible for a modern audience. 

John studied art at the School of Representational Art and the American Academy of Art.​

"For me the greatest moment in teaching is when I see someone do or understand something that they could not before. It is life changing!"

Find out more about John's art.

Nautilia Clerc:
Registrar & Instructor

Nautilia is registrar of Bucks County Classical Arts Center and a faculty teacher.

Nautilia has studied several years at the Bucks County Classical Arts Center. She produces figurative narrative drawings and paintings in the symbolic style, as well as realistic anatomy pieces. 

Nautilia is a gifted instructor with beginner children and adults.

Sharon Ann:
​Watercolor instructor

Sharon Ann is an academically trained artist working from life in oil, watercolor,and graphite.
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She creates museum quality paintings using skills developed by the old masters while
incorporating vibrant color and lively brush work!

​Her greatest work of heART is teaching - she
has cultivated her teaching skills over 26+ years as a teaching artist . Bringing her knowledge of
watercolor, oil and graphite to her students at Moorestown Friends School in Moorestown, NJ,
Markeim Arts Center in Haddonfield, NJ and Seasons Garden Center in Washington’s
Crossing, NJ.