Sylvia Randolph, "Autumn Scene", c. 2009 - Watercolor, framed. Sylvia Randolph was one of the best known and loved residents. Born in Cincinnati in 1905, she graduated Phi Beta Kappa from the University of Illinois in 1926. In the late 1920s and early 1930s, Sylvia pursued additional art classes at the Art Institute of Chicago and the Ox-Bow School of Painting under Frederick Fursman and Michael Mason, and with Albert Krehbiel. Later, Sylvia taught high school Latin, English, and Art in Waukegan, Illinois. She became a permanent residetn of Saugatuck in 1968, where she painted until her death in 2008. This late watercolor captures the exuherance typical of Randolph's work. Here, she records and interprets a bright auntumn day along the river.