1938
Ms. Townsend is born in Coronado, California to Robert Lee and Elizabeth Townsend.
1971
Ms. Townsend studies with Robert E. Wood, Edward Betts, Millard Sheets, Chen Chi, Edgar Whitney, and Carl Molno.
1974
Ms. Townsend serves as a freelance teacher in Houston, Texas and Nantucket, Massachusetts.
1974
Ms. Townsend receives the Century Award from the Rocky Mountain National Watermedia Society.
1974
Ms. Townsend is appointed president of the Houston Watercolor Society.
1975
Ms. Townsend serves as an adviser to the cultural committee of the Houston Chamber of Commerce.
1976
Ms. Townsend exhibits solo shows at Robert Rice Gallery in Houston, Texas.
1977
Ms. Townsend exhibits solo shows at The Kirby Gallery.
1979
Ms. Townsend exhibits solo shows at Stephen F. Austin State University.
1980
Ms. Townsend studies with Glen Bradshaw.
1981
Ms. Townsend exhibits solo shows at The Little Gallery.
1982
Ms. Townsend exhibits solo shows at South Wharf Gallery and her work in “Watercolor Energies” by Frank West.
1986
Ms. Townsend joins the executive committee of the Nantucket Artists Association.
1995
Ms. Townsend receives the First Place Award for the Spectrum Exhibition from the Southwestern Watercolor Society.
1998
Ms. Townsend exhibits solo shows at Betty Barker Gallery.
2017
Ms. Townsend is honored with the Albert Nelson Marquis Lifetime Achievement Award from Marquis Who’s Who.