“My hope is the viewer responds emotionally to the scene as when I painted it.  When this happens, I consider the painting a success.”

Fritz Hoffman, an Ohio native, received a BFA from Ohio State in graphic design and later studied at the Columbus College of Art and Design.  He also studied watercolor with John Pike, the prominent Woodstock, NY artist who was in turn a pupil of Richard Miller.

Fritz was a founding member and past president of the Columbus Watercolor Society and also a board member of the Ohio Watercolor Society.  He exhibited in both Societies annual shows and in national exhibitions in which he won many major awards.  Although he was a Columbus, Ohio painter he worked extensively in Maine and excelled at harbor scenes and views of the Maine coast.  His body of work spans a 50 year period and his paintings are found in collections throughout the East and Midwest.