1930
Ms. Potterton is born in San Francisco, California to Dale Howard and Marjorie Louise Drullinger.
1948
Ms. Potterton marries Kenneth Eugene Potterton and studies coursework at San Francisco Junior College (now City College of San Francisco).
1965
Ms. Potterton takes on her first position as an exclusive seascape artist at the Mendocino Art Center in California.
1970
Ms. Potterton earns a Merit Award from the American Society of Marine Artists, as well as a Best of Show Award from the California Art Center in Roseville, California.
1973
Ms. Potterton becomes an exclusive seascape artist at The Gallery Mendocino in California.
1975
Ms. Potterton teaches plein air classes at The Gallery Mendocino, and receives a Best of Show Award from the Stanford Center in Palo Alto, California.
1978
Ms. Potterton holds a solo exhibition at California State University, Sacramento, and serves as an exclusive seascape artist at Jack London Square Gallery on Oakland, California.
1979
Ms. Potterton becomes an exclusive seascape artist at Village Artistry in Carmel, California, and serves as a workshop lecturer and demonstrator at the Lincoln City Art Center in Oregon.
1980
Ms. Potterton joins Winters Gallery as an exclusive seascape artist.
1983
Ms. Potterton serves as a workshop lecturer at the Golden Valley Art Center in Yuba City, California.
1989
Ms. Potterton begins to hold private studio classes in Rancho Cordova, California.
1991
Ms. Potterton becomes an exclusive seascape artist at Calico Whale Gallery in Mendocino, California.
1995
Ms. Potterton joins Franki Waters Gallery in Bodega Bay, California as an exclusive seascape artist, and illustrates “Song of the Calico Whale.”
1996
Ms. Potterton illustrates “Journey to Africa,” and moves on to Color and Light in Mendocino, California as an exclusive seascape artist.
1997
Ms. Potterton becomes an exclusive seascape artist with Gallery One in Mendocino, California, and illustrates “Watch Out for Tule Petunia.”