Art That Reveals The Boundlessness of Creativity
Dee Tivenan is an intuitive abstract expressionist artist whose paintings evoke human emotion as well as the diverse atmospheric qualities in nature. She achieves exquisite tactile surfaces and contrasting forms with playful spontaneity and has a skillful use of different mediums including oils, acrylics, inks, graphite, watercolor, pastels, yupo paper and collage.
She states, “My process is an expressive art of allowing… allowing the moment and my connection to it to flow and reveal the boundlessness of creativity.”
Banner image: Detail of “My Spring Colors”, mixed media, 30″ x 40″ x 1.5″
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Kindness #3, acrylic, graphite and acrylic ink on Yupo, 9″ x 12″
Dee lives in Orinda, California. She is represented by Jennifer Perlmutter Gallery, Artful Galleries, and is a member of Valley Art Gallery. She is also a member of Jen Tough’s Artist Alliance.
Her many accolades include being selected for the cover and a featured article in Orinda Living Magazine, March 2022.
My Spring Colors, mixed media, 30″ x 40″ x 1.5″
Dee’s art has been selected for the “HerStory” 2024 Invitational Exhibition and also for “HerStory” 2022 and for 2020-2021 juried exhibitions, all presented by Manhattan Arts International.
Her art was featured in the two juried exhibitions “The Healing Power of ART Inspired by NATURE” 2023 and “Inspirational Art in Mixed Media” which were presented by The Healing Power of ART & ARTISTS online art gallery, an initiative of Manhattan Arts International.
Singing the Blues, mixed media on panel, mixed media piece on panel, 36″ x 36″
Dee was exposed to art at an early age by her artistic mother and many field trips to the Chicago Art Institute. She earned her BA degree from Indiana University and a MA degree from Central Washington State College, in in Special Education. She has a Doctorate in Educational Psychology and Counseling.
The artist actively informs and encourages fellow artists as a writer for a blog for Artist Alliance named “Head Talk”.
Visit Dee Tivenan’s Website: deetivenanartist.wixsite.com/home
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