Her Fairfield High School home economics teacher knew the owners of the Menemsha Inn on Martha’s Vineyard, and got Renee a job as a waitress for the summer of 1954, which she described as miraculous and life-changing. They bought and renovated a 1905 home in Norwalk, Conn., then sold it in 1989 to move permanently to Martha’s Vineyard. Renee’s deep love of the Vineyard, particularly Oak Bluffs, led her chair the O.B. Years later, after selling the Firehouse to Alison Shaw, the Martha’s Vineyard Center for the Visual Arts, with Renee as president, opened the Galaxy Gallery, now GalaxyArtsMV. Her paintings, illustrations, monoprints, and notecards are contemporary and primitive, reflecting an Oak Bluffs cottage style.