Ronnie Offen is a native of Washington, D.C., and received her early art training in that city. She was graduated from the Catholic University in Washington with a degree in art .

Ms. Offen became interested in Oriental brush painting (Sumi-e) in 1976. She began her studies with Roddy McLean, and then studied with Pearl Chang and Henry Wo Yue-kee. Ms. Offen participated in and won several ribbons in shows in the Washington area. She has exhibited with the National Sumi-e Society in New York and Washington, and has had a one person show at the Veterans' Administration building in Washington.

While living in Raleigh, NC, Ms. Offen received awards in a number of local shows. She then began concentrating on increasing commission requests, and now has work in private homes and corporations throughout the country.

It was also in Raleigh that Ms. Offen began painting in pastels. She studied with Ann LePere and Luana Winner of Raleigh. She has also received instruction from nationally known artists Daniel Greene, Carol Katchen, Sally Strand and Desmond O’Hagan.

Ms. Offen moved to the Atlanta area in 1991. She is a merit member of the Atlanta Artists Club and member of excellence of the Southeastern Pastel Society, and a member of the Plein Air Painters of Georgia. She has displayed with these groups and won awards at many of their shows. Her work has also been shown by the Pastel Society of North Florida, the Pastel Society of the West Coast, the Pastel Society of America, and the Marietta/ Cobb Museum of Art.