Dori DeCamillis

Red Dot Gallery presents “Strokes,” an exhibit of oil paintings by longtime Red Dot student and friend, Pat Conrad. The exhibit opens March 7 and runs through May 3, 2015. An opening reception will be held Saturday, March 7 from 5 to 8 pm. Pat has been inspiring other students at Red Dot with her expressive paintings for seven years. Her wide range of subject matter is tied together by her interests: people, places, and imagery she loves. This is her first solo exhibit.

"Thy Tattr'd Loving"   2014     16" x 20" Reminder: Opening March 1, 2-4 pm is Without A Net, a solo exhibit of my paintings at the Huntsville Museum of Art, Alabama. On display through June 18, 2015, the exhibit is a part of the Encounters series, featuring outstanding regional art. (Their words.) I will be teaching an all-day workshop on Friday, March 20 for K-12 teachers as a part of their learning credit program.  Thanks to Peter Baldaia, curator at HMA for inviting me. Look for a catalogue (my first) to accompany the show.  Huntsville Museum of Art

After over ten years of teaching kids at Red Dot I (Dori) am drawing - no pun intended - this adventure to a close. I have opened another adult class (Thursday afternoon, 12:30 to 2:30) for the continuing and growing popularity of my adult classes. I will miss being around the wisdom and unfettered creativity of little ones.

Our holidays were spent with Dori's family in Steamboat Springs, Colorado. While most of the family skied, Scott fished for trout. It was hard to take a bad photo.

My husband, Scott Bennett recently judged a juried exhibition called Single Stem. A collection of bud vases, each designed to showcase a single specific flower, will open this Friday at The Kiln Studio and Gallery in Fairhope, Alabama, from 6 to 9 pm. These are just two samples of the delightful pieces Scott chose.

Here are my newest paintings. They are small (4"x9") and are a light version of my more introspective paintings. Which is a little break for me. I call them my Party Animals. Available at Red Dot Gallery.

Last weekend I traveled to Fairhope, Alabama , for an art-filled weekend of fun and business. Farihope is a picturesque tourist town on the Eastern shore of Mobile Bay, and could remind one of  a Southern version of Carmel, California. My husband Scott and I traveled with our good friend Sebastian Moh , who had an opening at the Kiln Studio gallery. Susie Bowman, another good friend and owner of the gallery hosted the opening exhibit and, the following night, a grand dinner cooked by Sebastian. I can't post images of the dinner because I'm contracted to write an article about the gathering for Ceramics Monthly magazine, but I will say it was all delightful. I will give notice when the article is scheduled to be published.  The Mardi Gras exhibit at the Mobile Museum of Art is comprehensive, overwhelming, and fabulous. We took a beach walk to see the remains of old kiln sites and a beach littered with pottery shards from the 1800s.  Some o...