"Serendipity" Arts Night Out with Debra Dunphy

Start: May 8, 2015, 9 p.m.

End: May 9, 2015, midnight

Event at Living Art Studio

Description:

On display will be a wide array of paintings that include still life, landscapes and portraits. The images are inspired by local people and places, as well as scenes from the south shore area of Massachusetts.

Personal Artist Statement:

I work and teach in many styles and media including oils, colored pencil and pastels. I am a native of New Bedford, MA and a self-taught portrait artist who strives to capture the essence and likeness of the subject. My objective is to combine the physical as well as the inner qualities to achieve a more lifelike painting. My style is soft with a high degree of realism. While my passion is portraiture and the study of the human face, I also enjoy creating still life paintings, and more recently, have delved in to animal portraits as well as murals.

I have created hundreds of commissioned works and exhibited paintings in museums and galleries including several invitational shows, and have been awarded a number of blue ribbons. I hold classes in my studio at Paper City Studios in Holyoke, MA where I enjoy teaching both children and adults. I have also taught at the Summer Institute for the Gifted at Amherst College and at the Connections After School Program in Amherst, MA.