About the Artist
Artist’s Statement
“Live in the sunshine, swim the sea, drink the wild air” a quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson is my inspiration to paint this curious and beautiful world!
My paintings capture what we love about the land and sea around us. The cool deep woods, the vast ocean, and the open fields around New England are a refuge from the chaos of our lives. Being in nature brings us an escape, entertainment, and for some a source of income. My paintings capture everyday moments that leave lasting impressions; lobsterman heading out to sea in the early morning, a curious calf in a patch of wildflowers, or a bank of orange clouds over the blue ocean. These are the moments worth remembering. When painting on location (en plein air) I notice the colors bouncing around my subject and see how nature creates a perfect color harmony. My larger studio paintings are informed by these smaller works.
Like other forms of art, paintings can carry you to another world or back to a familiar place. Whenever there is new despair in our world, violence, hatred, division, it is the arts that bring us back together, and reminds us of our commonality. Focus on all that is good, expand that.
Biography
An award winning artist, Dorothy Pentheny earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth with a major in English and concentrations in art. Her photographs won acceptance in design exhibits at the University Gallery. After a career as a Technical Writer and Editor, she focused her attention on her oil paintings. Her work has hung in the Hull Lifesaving Museum, the South Shore Art Center in Cohasset, the Robert and Dorothy Palmer Gallery at SSC in Hingham, the North River Arts Festival juried show. the Scituate Arts Association juried show and the Plymouth Arts Guild juried show. Dorothy continues to augment her education with many years of self-study, classes and workshops. Her teachers include Margaret McWethy, Nancy Colella, Dianne Panarelli Miller, Sue Charles, Ellen Whalen, John Kilroy and Marcia Ballou.
Recent awards include Second place in the 2024 Nemasket Plain Air Festival, Featured Gallery Artist at South Shore Art Center March 2023, "Best Oil/Acrylic" in the Hull Lifesaving Museum Art Show 2022 and "Honorable Mention" in the Plymouth Arts Guild Subtlety Member's Show, 2022.
Gallery artist represented by The True Grit Art Gallery in Middleborough, Massachusetts and The South Shore Art Center in Cohasset, Massachusetts. Member of North River Arts Society, South Shore Art Center, and Plymouth Arts Guild.
