Prudence was born in Toledo Ohio, moved to Alpena Michigan at the age of   10, and now resides with her husband in La Vernia Tx. As a young women she used her creative gifts to decorate windows at local boutiques. She then received a Bachelor of Arts from Aquinas College in Grand Rapids. While teaching school, she pursued her desire to create art classes and workshops. She attended watercolor classes at Adam State College in Colorado. Prudence has experimented in many mediums, but now concentrates mainly on watercolor. Her paintings have been featured in several galleries, and she has won awards at shows she has entered. 
Prudence has retired from teaching and now is able to paint full time. Her paintings reflect her love of the beauty of nature. She claims that a quote from Monet should have been hers when he said “I perhaps owe having become a painter to flowers. “