Dori DeCamillis

In last Friday's Without a Net Creativity Workshop, among other projects, we messed around with watercolor. Here are a few examples of students' projects. See the full story (Curiouser and Curiouser) about the class on withoutanet.blog. 

But Here's the Joy         2016        20" x 16"       Oil on Board I recently posted a new entry on my Without a Net blog. It's about the mind state behind the painting above. I'll save you from more explanation and give you the link: But Here's the Joy

I finished and sold this painting recently. No title or meaning yet. Stay tuned. There are a couple spots left in my Without a Net creativity workshop, Saturday, April 29. Here is a link to all the details. 

This Saturday I am hosting my first Without a Net Workshop at Red Dot Gallery. I am pleased to offer this work to others, and if all goes well I hope to offer it in different venues. A short description is below, and a longer one is here . In the same vein, check out my new post on WithoutaNet.Blog .  Here is  a short description:  In the spirit of my artistic explorations in my own paintings, Without a Net workshop will offer participants creative exercises in various artistic media that explore personal mind states and perspectives in a judgment-free setting. With humor and self-acceptance as touchstones, participants will explore their own mind states, both light and shadowy, to engender courage, promote self-honesty, and acknowledge the universality of human frailty. The practices will fuel creative thinking while helping to develop resilience and equanimity. The group setting enhances a collective, unifying experience that facilitates growth and under...

By the Self-Same Sky  Here are paintings I completed in the past few months. The titles are taken from Shakespeare's sonnets and vaguely point to the theme of each piece. All pieces are 16" x 20" and are oil paint on board. Watch for a detailed explanation of them on my blog, WithoutANetBlog.com . To see all my paintings over the past few years go to  Dori's Art Page on Red Dot Gallery site Time Debateth With Decay The Painted Banquet Bids My Heart Everything That Grows I Engraft You New And Darkly Bright

Don't forget to enjoy the posts on Without a Net, my blog that explains in detail the meaning of each of my paintings. Today's post is about this ermine painting, "For Thy Sweet Love Remembered." (My titles come from Shakespeare's sonnets.)

I am honored that 2 of my paintings will be featured in The Biennial, an exhibit of past and present winners of the Alabama Council on the Arts Fellowship. The show opens Sunday from 2-4 pm in Troy, AL at the Johnson Center for the Arts. 

The Painted Banquet Bids My Heart   In addition to the ermine painting of the last post, I've completed a few other paintings in the past few months. Here are a few. I've been working on a couple others which will both be finished soon as well. I'm always working on paintings, but sometimes it seems (if you aren't in my studio) like I do nothing for six months, and then suddenly I show up with a stack of work. It's stack time! Having Traffic With Thyself Alone Were an All-Eating Shame