Featured Artist Dobee Snowber

Artist Dobee Snowber presents a compelling collection of figurative paintings and selections from her Pool series. Learn more by visiting her website.

 

Portrait of a woman by mixed media artist Dobie Snowber

“At a Glance” mixed media on board, 8″ x 10″

 

I paint out of want and need. When people ask me why I paint, I immediately respond, “It’s about connection.”

 

Mixed media portrait of a girl by Dobee Snowber

“Looks Just Like” mixed media on board,12″ x 12″

 

It’s a bridge to the common ground I share with others and a direct connection to myself. Perhaps this is what all art is.

 

mixed media figurative painting by Dobee Snowber

“Leave It” mixed media on board, 29″ x 24

 

My work is about moments, familiar bits and pieces that combine in different ways and make up a life.

 

Mixed media painting of two swimmers by Dobee Snowber

“Hard to Believe” mixed media on board, 36″ x 36″

 

I don’t know when I start a piece which moment I will zero in on.

 

Mixed media painting of two swimmers by Dobee Snowber

“Stalemate” mixed media on board” 36″ x 24″

 

Over the past few years, I have worked on a series around swimmers, pools and water. The swimmers plunge into or emerge out of the water, like the constantly changing moments in any given day; the effort to swim up and out and to breathe.

 

mixed media whimsical painting of two swimmers on a diving board

“Take Flight” mixed media on board, 10″ x 10″

 

Sometimes they are anonymous figures clustered or alone. At other time there are faces that tell a story.

 

Mixed media painting of two swimmers at the beach by Dobee Snowber

“Trumpets on the Beach” mixed media on board, 20″ x 20″

 

These figures and portraits are about entropy and the history they hold. Mixed in are images of home and structure. Again, a reflection of entropy and survival.

 

Mixed media painting of swimmers at a pool by Dobee Snowber

“Water Walking” mixed media on board, 36″ x 36″

 

Despite what life has imposed on them, they stand strong.

 

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