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1958
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Class Artist, Enfield High School, Enfield, CT
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1975
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Marine Landscape Artist, Brevard County Community College, Melbourne, FL
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1994
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A.S. Human Services, Asnuntuck Community College, Enfield, CT
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(Phi Theta Kappa National Guistwhite Scholar, Topic: Psychoneuroimmunology)
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1997
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B.A. Psychology & Religion, Mount Holyoke College, So. Hadley, MA
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2002
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M.S. Human Services/Art Therapy, Springfield College, Springfield MA
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| Dec 2005 | Juried Fountain Festival, Fountain Hills, AZ |
| Jan - Feb, 2006 | Fountain Hills Cultural Council 11th Annual Juried Art Show |
| Feb 2006 | Fountain Hills Great Fair |
| Jan - Mar 2006 | Fountain Hills Art League Membership Show |
| Mar - May | Fountain Hills Town Hall Exhibit |
| Jul - Sep 2006 | New Vision Center Art Exhibition, Scottsdale, AZ |
| Nov 2006 | Copeland's Heart-t0-Heart Charity Art Sale, Alamogordo, NM |
| Nov 2007 | Copeland's Frame Shop & Gallery, Alamogordo, NM |
| Nov 2007 | Treasures of Sierra Blanca Art Show, Ruidoso, NM |
| 2006 - 2008 | Art Galore, Albuquerque, NM & Truth or Consequences, NM |
| 2007 - 2009 | Hidden Artist Gallery, 501 Granado Street, Tularosa, NM |
| October 2009 | NMSU Townsend Gallery Exhibit |
| May 2010 | Celestial Creations Gallery Truth or Consequences, NM |
| 2012 | River and The Rain Exhibit - Seven quatic visions |
Dee Boman's Creative Process
These paintings and other originals of Dee’s brilliant artwork may be found at “ Mission y el Convento” Gallery in the Plaza de Espanola. Cards & fine art prints are for sale in the Gift Shop throughout 2010. The former Art Center of Fuller Lodge (ACFL) has restructured as Northern New Mexico Regional Art Center (NNMRAC) offering arts events, education & festivals in affiliation with the City of Espanola (www.nmrac.org). For information and membership in ACFL and the Northern New Mexico Regional Art Center, please visit www.artfulnm.org or call 505-500-7126 or visit the ACFL Office in the Convento, Plaza de Espanola (at the corner of SR 84/285 and Route 30) You may also email Executive Director John D. Werenko at artful@losalamos.com.
ARCHETYPICAL IMAGES of Dee Boman
Your work presents as a unique and Jungian reflection of “Archetypical Images”
(thanks to a recent conversation with Executive Director John Werenko of ACFL)
ANDROGYNOUS PAINTING STYLE of Dee Boman. The figures that I paint are sometimes “Androgynous” – not by design but from the innermost spirit of my being as I am painting them. I want the viewer to be able to interpret the culture, gender, race and era of my subjects based on their needs at that moment in time . . . (thanks to a conversation with Celeste Rich of Celestial Creations which helped me clarify others’ understanding of my unique way of expressing self)
My earlier Florida work (marine seascapes in oil) evolved into a "fluid flow" approach to all subjects during my art therapy courses at Springfield College. Introduced to water-based oils at that time, I have found them more free-flowing and less toxic to my health. Additionally, the benefits of creating art became more apparent to me then … personally and through observing children and adults in art therapy treatment and workshops. My own artwork has provided me with answers and emotional release during times of illness and stress in my life. While receiving conventional treatments for breast cancer in 1992, I found that creative artwork and holistic health treatments (Reiki) enabled quicker recovery.
When words are too painful, art can provide the means to integrate emotional, mental and physical factors through the images that lie deep within … healing both body and soul. The pressence of music is also an important part of my process, for a positive vibration assists in creating the mood and centering the image. Additionally, being in the presence of nature restores a peace and balance not found in our present day world turmoil of action. Stress, pain, grief: the imagination aids in reaching past these feelings to return to a more joyful and natural state. This in turn creates a deeper sense of self, restores a feeling of well-being and connects us all in the miracle of an eternal world of living energy.