Celeste Gordon; Internationally Known Painter and Printmaker

Celeste Gordon, 70, internationally recognized painter and printmaker. Born in Ekelaka, Mont., Mrs. Gordon grew up in Beverly Hills, attended USC and studied art in Germany and Japan. Married to CIA officer James Gordon, she followed him to posts in Washington, New York, Berlin, Hamburg, Tokyo, Manila and Athens. Her paintings were purchased by museums and private collectors in Germany and exhibited at galleries in Tokyo. She taught printmaking in Manila. On Sunday in Newport Beach of cancer.