About
Education:
Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, NY, MFA 1985.
Antioch College, Yellow Springs, OH, BFA 1980.
Universite de Paul Valery and L'ecole de Beaus Arts, Montpellier, France 1978-79.
University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, Prephysical Therapy , Art and Psychology
1972-1976.
Boston Shiatsu School, NCCAOM Diplomate in Asian Bodywork Therapies, 1997-2024.
Professional Experience:
Printing Industry
Color Prepress Specialist / Designer / Senior Trainer / Technical Support
Specialist 1985-1996.
Statement:
The majority of my art, although it is abstract has developed out of an interest in
symbolism. Researching this symbolism led me to a vast collection of work on primitive art
and mythology. The directness, simplicity, and elegance of primitive art using minimal line yet
conveying such bold and dynamic energy really attracted my interest. While it was the magic and
mystery of the themselves which served to inform and transform the viewer, it was the dynamic
use of line which totally engulfed my thoughts. While pursuing the symbolism, I found the
challenge was that the object began to break apart. The inspiration which emanated from the
suggestion or essence of the form became line and color. It was with the spontaneity of drawing
Using the line as object and the background as space that this series of work evolved.
It became a matter of substance transformed in line and line into space. So this particular
body of work became the transition of concrete physical elements of reality into the
simplification of color, line, and space.
Dottie SholtisSholtis, MFAMFA