Letty Oratowski began her career as an art teacher, having received a B.A. in Education from Newark State College (now Kean University), followed by an M.A. in Art from the University of Iowa.  She practiced as a studio potter in Maplewood, NJ, for fifteen years using a high-fire stoneware kiln that she built outside her studio. Subsequently, she successfully started exploring the realm of painting and was shown in numerous New Jersey venues, including the Somerset Art Association in Pluckemin, the Mountain Art Show in Bernardsville, the Raritan Art Gallery, the Ridgewood Art Show, and the Paper Mill Playhouse in Millburn, as well as the corporate galleries at Pfizer, Nabisco, and ADP. In addition, she exhibited at the NJ Watercolor Society, the Essex Watercolor Society, and the Exhibitors' Co-op of South Orange, NJ, all the
while receiving awards and recognition for her work.

Having moved to Fairhope, AL, in 2014, she joined the Kiln Studio and resumed making pottery and began doing figurative sculpture in stoneware.  She has exhibited her pieces in many juried shows at the Eastern Shore Art Center in Fairhope, including a solo show of painting and sculpture in June and July, 2020.​