Dori DeCamillis

In November I enjoyed an artist residency at Hambidge Residency Center in North Georgia. Here are a few of the thousands of images I took, mostly for my new paintings. To read more about my adventure, check out my Without a Net blog. The above image is from the Hambidge grounds. They own 600 acres in the breathtaking North GA mountains.  My studio table I'd break the internet if I posted all the mushroom photos I took. Here is one. There were several site works of art in the woods. We visited a few of the other artist studios.  We had a little fall color left. It was chilly, which meant less sweat and fewer ticks. The many pools and ponds made for good reflection photos.

Opening tonight at Red Dot Gallery, 5-8 pm: Cloud 9 , Paintings by Marcia Amason. Please help us celebrate the work of our dedicated longtime oil painting student. Her deftly painted works of life beneath the sky capture thoughtful moods and invoke reverie, while her compositions offer viewers imaginative visual connections. Exhibit runs through October 28. To visit during exhibit run (after the opening) check reddotgallery.com  for hours or make an appointment. 

Eileen Cohn Here are some gorgeous paintings finished by Red Dot students this week. I'm so proud for my talented, hardworking, fun, and delightful friends. The two shoe paintings were not an assignment, just a coincidence.  Bev Spahn Dale Turnbough Nancy Lewis Jack Branch (age 84)

Red Dot Gallery presents the paintings of Daniel White. Opening August 11, 2017 with a reception for the artist from 5-8, the show will run through September 9. Daniel received his BFA from Montevallo University, and his MFA from  RIT-School for American Crafts. In addition to working on both painting and ceramics, he worked professionally in art museums for 10 years. He is currently a full-time painter, and a part-time educator.

Summer is a theme in some of the most recent finished paintings in my oil paintings classes.  Joyce White (above) took a not-so-perfect photograph and made magic happen. Marcia Amason will be having her own solo show at Red Dot opening in September. Becky Haines has been doing some lovely reflective still lives based on her own photographs. Glenda Weathers is experimenting with simplifying more complicated scenes. This was her first try and she really nailed it.

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

My poorly pasted invite to the 2017 Student Show. Enjoy!

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...

Join Red Dot at the opening reception of "A Brush with Casey," the first solo exhibit of longtime Red Dot oil painting student, Casey Lancaster. The reception will be held Friday, January 27, 5-8 pm. The show will run through February 27. 

Marcia Amason Here is a small selection of paintings completed at Red Dot by my lovely students over the past several months.  Joyce White Lisa Martin Deeana Crider Beverley Phillips Charla Cardin Nadine Leplantenier Louise Parsons Eileen Cohn Casey Lancaster

Yesterday on Instagram I was featured as an artist by @lowbrowpopsurrealist , a popular art site. The link they referred people to was here, my blog. Here is a link to my website, where one can see my full body of work.  Dori on reddotgallery.com    Below, enjoy a few of my paintings that weren't featured.