~ Artist’s Statement ~
I make art to freeze time allowing my mind to travel and find a happy place in our chaotic world. When I swim in the coral reefs with the fish and sea creatures in the underwater world, I search for the vibrant colors and amazing shapes in the marine life to get that euphoric feeling. My work celebrates the beauty of tropical colors and shapes found in nature and the sea because I know they will vanish soon as we see them today.
I like to push the boundaries of paint mediums, with mixing colors being the subject matter and abstracting a recognizable object. Influenced by music when I work, I use buttery paints, spontaneous brush strokes and gestural markings. The overlapping lines and repetitive patterns create depth, texture, and portals into another dimension.
My work connects symbolic lines, circles, and shapes which are often reminiscent of places and events I’ve seen around the world. They intertwine like various species of fish swimming together in the sea, looking for mysterious and secret passages of unknown places. Sea salt addition on wet watercolor paintings are enjoyable to watch morph into its own during the painting process, having different surprises when dried and not to be duplicated. Collage works have torn bits and cut up pieces from numerous watercolor works on paper to make sense of it all. Sometimes I overlay words of hope to add to the conversation. I hope the viewer sees something new each time they visit my artwork, and finds a bit of peace and happiness in my atmospheric landscape paintings.
~ About the Artist ~
Born 1956 in Detroit, Michigan, Dorene Ginzler began formal art training as a child with discovery explorations in anything she could get her hands on from pottery to painting. Very early on, Dorene often visited the Detroit Institute of Art with her father, and attended merit youth classes at Interlochen, College for Creative Studies and Cranbrook Academy of Art. She earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree from Eastern Michigan University, graduating with honors with majors in painting, sculpture, photography, an art history minor, with adjunct studio work in Florence, Italy.
After college, Dorene had a myriad of “day jobs” to pay back her student loans (mostly working in the automotive industry). Evenings and weekends she passionately painted houses, signs, murals, canvases, clothing and note cards. Returning to Michigan with her husband, after living in LA, they co-designed and built Round Lake Pottery, a rural home with attached clay studio creating ceramic art works and sculpture using botanical impressions from their lush gardens and developed glaze recipes of her own. It was the magic of the kiln with sodium chloride (salt) combination glazes which interested her most and produced exciting finished pieces, sold in street fairs, galleries, garden societies and retailers. Dorene also hosted workshops, taught art classes, and acquired hundreds of collectors along the way.
In 2006, Dorene moved to south Florida to escape cold weather and the physical challenges of working with a ton of clay each year. Here she finds inspiration and motivation from the ocean, with more light and time to focus on abstract color theory paintings. This includes works on paper and canvas using watercolor and oil paints. Her neo-expressionistic brush strokes are so fresh they still look wet, showing evidence of the artist’s hand as ever present. Dorene’s compositions have a kaleidoscope-like effect using a push-pull of color juxtapositions, contrasting values with primary and secondary designs. Her work engages the senses and elicits universal truth with infinite illusion so the viewer may see what they wish.
One of the themes found in Dorene’s recent work is the use of vibrant colors seen in nature and when she swims in the coral reefs with the fish and sea creatures in the underwater world. Recently, she completed painting “Neptune”, a 9’ x 40’ mural installation of a coral reef scene for an outside educational environment at Gumbo Limbo Nature Center in Boca Raton, Florida, where she named the painting in honor of a resident sea turtle ambassador. “Neptune” (a mythical symbol for God of the Sea), brings added attention to our increasingly fragile ecosystem and the ocean ecology.
Custom designed paintings with colors mixed to match personal or business interior decor are always welcomed by the artist with guarantees of authenticity, a delight for the eyes, of highest quality.
If you are an art enthusiast, interior designer or just curious to see new art works in progress, please visit:
Ginzler Art Studio, 1612 NW 2nd Avenue #10, Boca Raton, Florida, 33432.
“Mixing endless color possibilities with spontaneity in painting, takes on a spirituality and beautiful life of it’s own. The colors and shapes speak for themselves. I am so thankful for the enthusiasm and support from my colleagues and art collectors to help me share my passion during my life long journey.”
Dorene Ginzler
Select Exhibitions::
Teravarna Art Gallery, Flower 6, international competition Finalist Award, July 2023
Curator at Lynn University Sanctuary featuring Dame Isabelle Paul, artist of religious icons, December, 2022
GalleryOne, Hilton Hotel, Fort Luuderdale, FL “Sunshine and Lollipops” September thru November, 2022
Continuum Palm Beach Art Fair ~ Paul Fisher Gallery ~ January 22 thru February 1, 2020
Artists and Charities ~ LightHouse Point Yacht Club, FL ~ March, 2019
ArtUpClose ~ Artifact Gallery, New York, NY ~ Artsy.com/artist dorene-ginzler ~ 2018/2019
Boca Festival Days ~ Mizner Park Cultural Center ~ Twin Palms Fundraiser ~ Boca Raton, FL 2018
6×6 ~ Cornell Art Museum ~ Delray Beach, FL 2018
AVA Galleria, Helsinki, Finland 2018
Ft Lauderdale Downtown Library, FL July, 2018
Caroussel du Louvre ~ AVA Galleria ~ Paris, France, October 2017
Galleria Ars Longa ~ Helsinki, Finland, 2017
Ava Galleria ~ AVA Art Fair ~ Osaka, Japan, May-June 2017
AVA Galleria ~ Art Without Borders, Helsinki, Finland, Jan 3 – 21 2017
Miami River Art Fair ~ Miami Convention Center, Art History Consulting, Dr. Barbara Aust-Wegemund, curator from Hamburg, Germany, The Gates of Paradise, Art Basel Miami Week, December 1-4, 2016
AVA Galleria ~ Carrousel de Louvre ~ Paris, France ~ October 21-23, 2016
NYC Pop Up Show ~ Art Nation Wynwood Gallery ~ New York, NY 08-31-16 to 9- 5-16
Saphira & Ventura Gallery ~ New York, NY ~ June, 2016
United Nations Headquarters, New York, NY ~ “Earth Contemporary Salon” ~ Saphira & Ventura Gallery, Ava Galleria, Art Nation Wynwood, Alcinda Saphira curator, Louis Ventura and Edson Cordoso co-curators, in conjunction with International Contemporary Art Society of New York and Portuguese Language Division of the UN ~ May, 2016
ArtExpo NY ~ Artblend and Art Nation Wynwood Galleries ~ New York, NY ~ April 14-17, 2016
Spectrum Miami Art Fair ~ Artblend Gallery, Art Basel Miami Week ~ Dec 2-6, 2015
Artblend Gallery ~ Ft Lauderdale, FL
Exor Galleries ~ Boca Raton, FL
ArtServe ~ Ft Lauderdale, FL
Boca Raton Museum Artists’ Guild, FL
Palm Beach International Airport, FL
Palm Beach Watercolor Society, FL
American Orchid Society, Delray Beach, FL
Wellington Art Society, FL
Art On The Green ~ Franklin, MI
Birmingham Art Fair ~ Birmingham, MI
Birmingham Bloomfield Art Center ~ Bloomfield Hills, MI
Artful Gallery and Framers ~ Clarkston, MI
Grosse Isle Herb Society ~ Grosse Isle, MI
Franklin Garden Boutique ~ Franklin, MI
Cranbrook Academy of Art Garden Society ~ Bloomfield Hills, MI
Solo Shows:
Ginzler Studio Gallery ~ Boca Raton, Florida
Spanish River Library Gallery, Boca Raton, FL Dec-17 to Feb 3, 2018
Premium Kitchens ~ Contemporary Interior Design ~ Boca Raton, FL 2017
Cultural Council of Palm Beach County, Lake Worth, FL ~ April 1-29, 2017
Ludwig Framemakers + Art ~ Art Expo Art Walk, Wilton Manors, FL ~ Jan/Feb, 2017
Gumbo Limbo Nature Center ~ Mural Installation of a coral reef scene “Neptune” painted in 2014, ~ Boca Raton, FL
Round Lake Pottery ~ Clarkston, MI
Bordine’s Landscape and Design ~ Rochester Hills, MI
Publications/Press:
Voyage MIA 2021
The Rickie Report ~ January, 2018
Carrousel du Louvre Art Shopping Catalog ~ featured art on AVA Galleria page ~ 2017
Simply the Best Magazine ~ 2017 & 2018
Artsper ~ 2017
Ava Galleria Magazine ~ 2017
PalmBeachHappening.org ~ 2016
Artslant ~ 2016
Artfix Daily ~ 2016
Miami River Art Fair Catalog ~ 2016
Artblend Magazine ~ 2016
Art Hamptons Catalog ~ Art Nation Gallery ~ 2016
ArtExpo NY Catalog ~ Art Nation Wynwood Gallery ~ 2016
ArtExpo NY Catalog ~ Artblend Gallery ~ 2016
Spectrum Miami Catalog ~ Artblend Gallery ~ 2015
Boca Raton Observer Magazine ~ April, 2014
Gumbo Limbo Nature Center ~ Hammock Happenings ~ 2014
Florida Design Magazine