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Deanne J. Hooker
My medium is watercolor. I usually paint landscapes from photographs of scenic sites around the world taken by me or family and friends. I have also done still life watercolors and lately I have also been commissioned to paint dog portraits.
 Rugged Shoreline at
Portland Lighthouse Maine 14 x
18 (Framed) -
Watercolor |
 Tranquil
Garden - Tokyo, Japan 18 x 22 (Framed) - Watercolor |
My mother used to tell me that I was
"doodling" before I even learned to walk. In elementary school I won a
"Golden Key" art award, and in high school I took every art class
offered and was chairman of all junior and senior art projects. I was
voted "Most Artistic" in my senior year. I also was enrolled in drawing
classes at the Art Institute of Chicago during my early teen years.
Later
I enrolled in classes in oil painting and acrylics at Louisiana State
University in Baton Rouge, LA, as well as advanced private lessons in
oils while living in Basking Ridge, NJ, and Houston, TX. While living
in Basking Ridge I taught oil painting to adults for several years.
Over the years I also worked as set designer for a number of theatrical
productions at community theaters in Baton Rouge, Basking Ridge, and
Houston.
After moving to Cary, NC, and retiring in
2000 after 25 years in the work force, I began working part-time on
staff at Jordan Hall Arts Center. I decided to switch from oils to
watercolor painting and began classes with Rocky Alexander at Jordan
Hall. I have submitted watercolors in several group shows in Cary
through the Fine Arts League of Cary. I also donated a watercolor
garden scene to Western Wake Hospital Birthing Center as well as
several oil paintings to The Carying Place Annual and Treasure Benefit
Auction for the past two years and to the Komen NC Triangle Gardens for
the Cure Silent Auction.
I had a solo exhibit of
fifty three of my watercolors at Jordan Hall the month of April of this
year where I was fortunate enough to sell seven paintings as well as
three dog portraits which had already been commissioned. I have since
had seven more commissions for dog portraits. Since May I have
exhibited my paintings in several locations, i.e., doctors' offices,
restaurants and coffeehouses. And I continue to show my paintings
through the Fine Arts League of
Cary.
