Born in New York to Aubrey and Florence (Breines) Shatter, after studying at the
Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, she received a BFA from
Pratt Institute (Brooklyn, New York) in 1965 and earned an MFA from
Boston University in 1972. In 2005, she was elected the 32nd president of the
National Academy of Design, of which she had been a member since 1995. For many years she taught
watercolor painting at
The National Academy of Design and
The Art Students League of New York. Shatter also served on the Skowhegan School's Board of Governors from 1978, and spent time teaching at
Brooklyn College,
Hunter College,
SUNY Purchase, and the
University of Pennsylvania. She was married to Paul Brown and they had one child, Scott Brown Shatter. ==Publications==