composition and light. Oils are her preferred medium as it allows the time to build layers and make changes.
In 2007, she began to explore other, more plastic mediums.. Paper mache masks and sculptures have been a vehicle to express some emotional ideas that do not lend themselves as well to the precision of an oil painting.
The artist has a special fondness for painting domestic animals, and their relationships to us.
Committees and Memberships:
2006-2009 Commissioner and exhibits committee member for the Northville Art House
Current and active member of CAID, The Contemporary Art Institute of Detroit.
Current Activities:
The artist currently works from her private studio in Plymouth,Michigan. She continues to create commissions for both businesses and private collections and is active in submitting her work to juried fine arts exhibits and shows. All works that are not already in private collections are for sale. See Pricelist.
Background and Influences:
Ms. de Géry has been a life long painter and sketcher. In the mid seventies, she studied art at the University of California Santa Cruz and the Art Institute of Chicago. Her early works were almost exclusively figurative.
Dominique grew up retouching her father's professional photographs. This gave her the training and the eye for contrast and soft shadows. This also influenced her approach to
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