About Doreen
Welcome
Creativity is a way of being. It's not who I am. It's how I am. Nature’s beauty and power inspires my artistic expression, and through art I see nature's forms, colors, and light. As a psychotherapist, I've paid close attention to people's inner lives, perceptions of reality and beliefs. Psychotherapy is the art of language, listening and connecting.
As an artist, I’ve discovered another language. Georgia O'Keeffe said, "I found I could say things with color and shapes that I couldn't say any other way... things I had no words for." An ardent description of my relationship and connection to art.
Art is an expression of myself, my feelings and perceptions, without words; a shift and a different way to connect and engage. A creative, joyful and playful inner voice, that speaks through color and light, shapes, textures and movement.
The expression is limitless, freeing and timeless.
Me, in my studio, and an encaustic painting
At the Sedona Art Center show, where one of my paintings was accepted, for a juried show.
At the Sedona Art Center show, where one of my paintings was accepted, for a juried show.
I have a small space in my house where all the work takes place. I'm lucky to have northern light and the deck directly behind me, when I need to look outside and change my view I can, and adjust my point of view in my head.
At the Sedona Art Center show, where one of my paintings was accepted, for a juried show.
At the Sedona Art Center show, where one of my paintings was accepted, for a juried show.
At the Sedona Art Center show, where one of my paintings was accepted, for a juried show.
I was enjoying describing and discussing the process of encaustic painting, using hot bees wax, damar resin, and pigmented wax. I'm pretty sure my painting was the only encaustic at the show!
Oil Pastels
At the Sedona Art Center show, where one of my paintings was accepted, for a juried show.
Oil Pastels
Playing with oil pastels, using my hands and getting dirty. It reminds me of finger painting all over again!