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BEV
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Bev
Doolittle was born and raised in California. In 1968, she graduated
from the Art Center |
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College
of Design in Los Angeles. She met her husband, Jay, at school and
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married
life with a painting trip to Bryce Canyon and Zion National Parks—a
portent of |
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things
to come. For the next five years, however, the Doolittles were art
directors in an ad |
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agency
in Los Angeles. |
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“It
paid well,” Bev explains, “but we didn't like living
in the city. We wanted to be close to |
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nature,
to paint outdoors and we wanted to travel.” They have now
accomplished both. Their |
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frequent
travels and backpacking trips have covered the western United States,
Canada, |
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Baja California and East Africa. They now live close to nature in
the high desert of California. Bev Doolittle’s subject |
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matter is provided by the out-of-doors. “I love nature,”
she says. “I try to look beyond the obvious and create unique, |
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meaningful paintings depicting our Western wilderness and its inhabitants.
I start with a concept and attempt to convey |
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it through strong design coupled with detailed realism. I want people
to think when they look at my paintings.” |
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