Dori DeCamillis

Here are some photos from my recent trip to Steamboat, my hometown. I had fun with family, did some stellar hiking, went to the rodeo, and ate a lot. Scott fished and fished and fished. 

Heaven's Sweetest Air These paintings were completed in the last few months. The bear is a departure, as it is an animal (unclothed) in its natural habitat. I loved doing the landscape so much that I might explore the genre a bit. All paintings are oil on board, were finished in 2017 and measure 16" x 20." Such Heavenly Touches In Thy Soul's Thought Thy Gift, Thy Tables are Within My Brain Thou Gild'st the Even Warrior Famoused for Fight

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.)

Japanese Annabelle and I visited the Birmingham Museum of Art today. It was as empty as we've ever seen it, so next time you want an art museum to yourself, go on the day after Christmas. I took photos (without flash...the rules) of some of our favorite pieces. For some reason we were both taken with the primitive sections this visit.  Forgive my poor reporting on the pieces. We enjoyed the visuals, but didn't jot down all the details.  Modern Table and chairs in the atrium from above Native American Chinese

Here are photos of our weekend in Orange Beach, Alabama.  Before the people came out. A heron with Perdido Key in the background. A controlled burn in Gulf State Park, AL. The results were strange and wonderful. And sort of stinky. Gulf Islands National Seashore, FL.  Palms lit from below, The Wharf in Orange Beach. Sunrise was magnificent every day. I love the variety of interesting plants on the Gulf Coast.  A sailboat got stranded on the beach and we watched it get towed back out to sea by the Coast Guard. Only landlubbers like us would get such a kick out of this. We told people we witnessed a "daring nautical rescue operation." Spanish moss along the Backcountry trail, Gulf State Park. I biked for many miles in this well-maintained park. One of the long boardwalks to the sea on Perdido Key, AL. We had a huge storm one day, and the next morning this large pond...

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. 

Please join us at Red Dot Gallery for the opening of Mud Dabblers, a student clay exhibit, 5 to 8 pm. Here is a sampling of some of the excellent ceramic work done by Scott Bennett's clay students.