fine art connoisseur 2018
May / June 2018

Fine Art Connoisseur
"Betsy Ashton: Portraying Immigrants' Stories"

May, 2018

"Portraits of Immigrants"
Thirteen / WNET-TV news video

Jun 2016

Ashton's portrait in a very prominent spot at the U.S. Embassy in London.

Nov 2014

Unveiling the portrait of Ambassador Lader, at the U.S. Embassy in London. Click image to see photos.

Sep 2014

Photographer Peter Krogh captured this scene in my studio in September, when a PBS video crew led by director Jon Hornbacher, seen here behind the cameraman, followed me around for two days. They were shooting a 60-second spot that will soon air on PBS stations nationwide. I have supported public television actively for many years. As a TV news reporter-turned-artist, I can speak with authority about the high quality of journalism and excellent coverage of the arts that PBS continually delivers. —Betsy Ashton

Mar 2013

Betsy was prominently featured in the March 2013 issue of Sirulian News, published by Sirulians, Inc., an organization of veteran journalists.

2012

In 2012, Betsy Ashton was commissioned to paint the official portrait of Philip Lader, former U.S. Ambassador to the Court of Saint James's, for the collection of the United States Embassy in Grosvenor Square, London.

Nov 10, 2011

Times Ledger, Queens, New York
"A Portraitist Behind the Lens"

Aug 2011

American Artist Studios
"Create a Space That You Won't Want to Leave"

Selected Clients & Collections

The Hon. Philip Lader, as Ambassador to the Court of St. James, for the United States Embassy in London, United Kingdom

Harold B. Finn, Founding Partner, for Finn, Dixon & Herling, LLP, Stamford, CT

The Rev. Fleming Rutledge, Rye Brook, NY

Mr. & Mrs. Darren A. Littlejohn, New York, NY

Mr. & Mrs. Robert Gasparini, Rye, NY and Todi, Umbria, Italy

Mr. & Mrs. David Malkin, Del Ray Beach, FL

Mr. & Mrs. James Easen, near Tetbury, Gloucestershire, England

Mr. & Mrs. Robert Schweich, New York, NY

Mr. & Mrs. Peter Morrison, Haddington, East Lothian, Scotland

Christopher Delaney & Lydia Fenet, New York, NY

Angela G. Barkan, New York, NY

Ms. Aimée Marcoux, New York, NY

Collection of George & Camilla Smith, San Francisco, CA

Mr. & Mrs. MYRON KANDEL, New York, NY

Col. Thomas F. Pike Jr., Arlington, VA

Elizabeth Ballantine-Paul Leavitt, McLean, VA

Mr. & Mrs. Alexander Stark, Jupiter, FL

Louise Erdrich, Writer, for The Kenyon Review – May 2009

Hal Holbrook, Actor for The Players’ Club, New York, NY – Feb 2009

Jeffrey Leder, Long Island City, NY

The Rev. & Mrs. Andrew Mead, New York, NY

Fred Plotkin, New York, NY

The Kenyon Review, Kenyon College, Gambier, OH

Ambassador Joan Plaisted, Washington, DC

The Players, Hall of Fame Collection, Gramercy Park, New York, NY

David Lynn, Editor of the Kenyon Review, Columbus, Ohio

Family of Clare Fahnestock Moorhead, Cape Elizabeth, ME

The American University, Washington, DC

John Treanor, Esq. , Washington, DC

Mark Tuohey, Esq., Washington, DC

The Hon. & Mrs. E. Lawrence Barcella, Washington, DC

Mr. & Mrs. Dean Asper, Pennington, NJ

Mr. & Mrs. Frederick W. Davis, Washington, DC

Robert C. Freed, Esq., Washington, DC

Mr. & Mrs. Robert G. Ogilvie, Fairfax, VA

Mr. & Mrs. R. W. Ogilvie, Brussels, Belgium

Mr. & Mrs. James O. Tveekrem, Shroeder, MN

Mrs. Louise P. Banks, Clifton, VA

Dr. Sherry L. Mueller, Arlington, VA

Mrs. Gladys Fyfe, Fairfax, VA

Mrs. Edward Lapornik, Washington, DC

Arthur Willis, Fairfax, VA

Mr. & Mrs. Edward H. Carlson, Potomac, MD

Arthur Benner Ashton, Phoenix, AZ

Ms. Patricia Bowers, Washington, VA

Ms. Nancy Lippard, Fairfax, VA

Mrs. Susan Stewart, Fairfax, VA

The Lippard Family, Lynchburg, VA

Charles E. Fitzgerald, Herndon, VA

Dr. & Mrs. Louis Upchurch, Alexandria, VA

Dr. & Mrs. Clifford B. Jones, Wolfeboro, NH

Prof. & Mrs. Carleton Savidge, Washington, DC

Mr. & Mrs. Robert Hunter, Winston-Salem, NC

Dr. & Mrs. Vincent B. Pica, Hamilton Square, NJ