About the Artist

South Florida Artist

Dorene Ginzler has been creating art for over four decades. Born in Detroit, Michigan, she studied visual arts at Interlochen Arts Academy, lived in Florence, Italy, Los Angeles, California, and earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree from Eastern Michigan University.

Ginzler has worked in a variety of media both two and three dimensional forms, including: Ceramics, Sculpture, Metals, Oil, Acrylic, Egg Tempera, Gauche, Inks and Watercolor.

Now residing in Boca Raton, Florida she is devoting her career to color theory paintings and two dimensional designs. The influence of Modern and Contemporary artists such as: Kandinsky, van Gogh, Motherwell, Rothko and Louis are evident in her work. Blocks of color, choppy brushstroke, and juxtaposition of edges are the basis of composition in both recognizable subject matter and totally abstract paintings.

Ginzler has had numerous teaching positions and her work has been exhibited internationally and sold nationwide to hundreds of personal collectors.

Professional Affiliations:

Boca Raton Museum Artists' Guild

Gold Coast Watercolor Society

Palm Beach Watercolor Society

Artserve

American Watercolor Society

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Juried Group Exhibitions:

2008 Sugar Sand Community Center, Boca Raton, Florida

2008 Art Time 2, International Contemporary Art Exhibition. London, England

2008 The Artist Guild Courtyard Building, Boca Festival Days, Boca Raton, Florida

2008 Sugar Sand Community Center, Art in Public Places, Florida

2008 American Orchid Society, Delray Beach, Florida

2007 Wellington Art Society, Juried Fine Art and Craft Show. Wellington, Florida

2005, 2006 Grosse Isle Herb Festival. Grosse Isle, Michigan

2004 Art on the Green. Juried Art Show, Franklin, Michigan

2002, 2004 Birmingham Bloomfield Art Center. Faculty Show. Birmingham, Michigan

2003 Scamp Benefit Antiques & Art Show. Clarkston, Michigan

2003, 2004 Franklin Garden Boutique. Franklin, Michigan

2003, 2004 Birmingham Garden Fest Art Show. Birmingham, Michigan

2003, 2004 Cranbrook Gifts from the Garden Art Show. Bloomfield Hills, Michigan

Solo Exhibitions:

2001 - 2004 Telly’s Greenhouse. Retail Pottery Exhibits. Troy and Brighton, Michigan

2003 Wilkop Design Center. Retail Pottery Exhibits. Troy, Michigan

2000, 2002 Bordine’s Greenhouse. Retail Pottery Exhibits. Rochester & Clarkston, MI

1998 – 2006 Round Lake Pottery Bi-Annual Exhibition. Clarkston, Michigan

Gallery Representation:

2008 Ginzler Studio Gallery. Boca Raton, Florida

1999 – 2006 Artful Framer and Gallery.Various Exhibits. Clarkston, Michigan

2003, 2004 Birmingham Bloomfield Art Center. Birmingham, Michigan

1985 Perlmutter Freiwald Interior Design. Franklin, Michigan

Teaching Positions:

2002 – 2004 Birmingham Bloomfield Art Center. Ceramic InstructorBirmingham, MI

1998 – 2005 Round Lake Pottery Studio – Private and Small Group Instruction

Ceramic Art and Sculpture. Clarkston, Michigan

Professional Affiliations:

American Watercolor Society

Florida Watercolor Society

Boca Raton Museum Artists' Guild

Gold Coast Watercolor Society

Palm Beach Watercolor Society

Artserve

"The artist has controlled use of her media. It's refreshing to see the skilled hand in a simple still-life as well as showing off the free flowing quality of the watercolor in a beautiful abstraction, lending itself to the imagery of a landscape."

Beverly Cuyler, Juror

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Artist’s Statement

Painting

I have been creating art for several decades.

My purpose in life is to find the positive aspects, the beauty surrounding us and to convey my interpretations with visual expressions.

Painting allows me to explore various aesthetic disciplines concerning composition, color texture and design. I find it most interesting in abstracting recognizable subject matter, usually eliminating it all together. The spontaneity which happens in the act of painting is what fascinates me, allowing evidence of the artist’s hand to be ever present.

I have been influenced by modern painters such as: Kandinsky, van Gogh, Rothko, Motherwell and Louis.

Essentially, it’s all about color. In my paintings I use large areas of color to form basic composition. I utilize both geometric and organic shapes. Juxtaposition of various colors, the edges, choppy brushstrokes and textural qualities provide lots of interesting information to keep the viewers attention.

My goal is to evoke good feelings when you see my work.

Ceramics

I fell in love with clay as a child, while spending my summers at Interlochen, Michigan. When earning my Bachelor’s of Fine Arts Degree, I continued explorations of the ceramic medium. The spontaneity of forming clay, with evidence of the artist’s hand ever present has always been fascinating to me. But I majored in painting and sculpture, to study more intensely about shapes, forms and color theory. My dream is to be able to incorporate what I know about sculpture and painting, and apply this aesthetic to my ceramics works; it is the ultimate challenge to combine all these different disciplines.

Today, I find myself being absorbed more and more into nature. The water, the light and wildlife surrounding me, have inspired me to use their colors and shapes, which are echoed in my work. My patinas of choice are reminiscent of metals from antiquity. My glazing juxtapositions remind me of small, abstract landscapes of my travels throughout the world.

It is the magic in the kiln; the heat of the fire, combined with the earth’s materials to create permanent forms, shapes, colors, compositions and textures, which interest me the most.