BIO
Dorothy Doherty received her formal art education from Vancouver School of Art (Emily Carr University of Art & Design) and Capilano University. She holds an MA in Art History (University of Victoria) and a PDP (Simon Fraser University). She supplements her formal education with courses and workshops in a variety of media.
Dorothy spent her formative years in the Vancouver area. Later, she lived in various parts of BC, teaching ceramics in Victoria, Williams Lake, Cranbrook, the Kootenays and other parts of the BC Interior. She worked with local potters guilds, taught credit courses for Cariboo College (now Thompson Rivers University) and was an art specialist and civilizations instructor for school district #44 (North Vancouver). She currently works and lives in the Lower Mainland of British Columbia. She paints in her home studio and works with ceramics at the Shadbolt Centre for the Arts in Burnaby, BC.
ARTIST STATEMENT
Dorothy Doherty is a visual artist with an emphasis on drawing, painting, mixed media and ceramics. She is particularly concerned with the effect humans have on the natural environment. Inspired by an innate curiosity and a desire to make art responsibly, her work is a platform for experimentation and discovery. Informed by the over-consumption of consumer goods and the fast pace of modern life, the resulting art is the consequence of an encounter with the materials and the desire to resolve material, aesthetic and creative challenges. Her botanical work reflects this philosophy, as she continues to find new ways to express insights into nature and encounters with the botanical world.