Current Exhibit
Shapes and Shadows Around Town
Work by Doreen Boyer DeBoth
January 16 - March 17, 2024
Work by Doreen Boyer DeBoth
January 16 - March 17, 2024
ARTIST STATEMENT
Most enjoyable to me is painting outdoors (plein air) on sight and experiencing and capturing the generosity of colors and textures that nature provides. I use a variety of mediums available to express an idea, with an emphasis on drawing, movement and contrast. Memories, dreams and subliminal responses to the visual provide the inspiration that facilitates my work.
Growing up in Allentown, I developed a life-long appreciation of great architecture and have encompassed it in much of my work. Parks, the waterfront and gardens deliver new and exciting reactions to beauty and splendor.
BIO
Doreen holds a BFA in painting from Buffalo State College and a Master’s degree in Art History from the University of New York at Buffalo. As a signature member of the Niagara Frontier Watercolor Society, Buffalo Society of Artists, and Niagara Frontier Plein Air Painters, her work has been exhibited widely in the WNY area and is in the collections of many private individuals in the US, Canada and England.
Doreen is also the author of A Closer Look at the Guaranty Building: Louis Sullivan’s Masterpiece, Coloring Ornament on Louis H Sullivan’s Guaranty Building and Ten Years in Historic Black Rock.
As a founding member and trustee, she works as Museum Curator at the Black Rock Historical Society, coordinating and archiving the collection and creating publications. Currently she has a gallery at 99 Chandler Street in Historic Black Rock, sharing space at her son’s pottery studio, and teaches at her home studio.
Most enjoyable to me is painting outdoors (plein air) on sight and experiencing and capturing the generosity of colors and textures that nature provides. I use a variety of mediums available to express an idea, with an emphasis on drawing, movement and contrast. Memories, dreams and subliminal responses to the visual provide the inspiration that facilitates my work.
Growing up in Allentown, I developed a life-long appreciation of great architecture and have encompassed it in much of my work. Parks, the waterfront and gardens deliver new and exciting reactions to beauty and splendor.
BIO
Doreen holds a BFA in painting from Buffalo State College and a Master’s degree in Art History from the University of New York at Buffalo. As a signature member of the Niagara Frontier Watercolor Society, Buffalo Society of Artists, and Niagara Frontier Plein Air Painters, her work has been exhibited widely in the WNY area and is in the collections of many private individuals in the US, Canada and England.
Doreen is also the author of A Closer Look at the Guaranty Building: Louis Sullivan’s Masterpiece, Coloring Ornament on Louis H Sullivan’s Guaranty Building and Ten Years in Historic Black Rock.
As a founding member and trustee, she works as Museum Curator at the Black Rock Historical Society, coordinating and archiving the collection and creating publications. Currently she has a gallery at 99 Chandler Street in Historic Black Rock, sharing space at her son’s pottery studio, and teaches at her home studio.