The Artists of Sixth Street Gallery
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name: Dorene Steggell Growing up on a farm at the base of the Wasatch Mountains gave Dorene a deep affinity for dramatic topography and the close-up marvels of rushing water, plants and animals. Her artwork speaks to the juxtaposition of these scales, to space and place and the allure of distance. She is fascinated by the dichotomy of the flat plane of the canvas or paper and the depth and layering of the landscape, giving both a presence in her work. Dorene currently works primarily in oil painting and monotype. Monotype provides a vehicle for spontaneous exploration and painting provides the opportunity for deeper development and evolution of a work. She creates her monotypes with black ink and their strong value structures are echoed in her paintings. In her mixed-media monotypes, color is added directly to the printed image, similar to hand tinting a black and white photograph, giving them a luminescent quality.
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