Dee Sooveere is the Artist of the Month at the
Dayboro Community Art Gallery for January 2011. Dee's exciting display includes portraits of well known locals from Dayboro which you can easily identify!
Dee is a budding local portrait artist and also a resident of
Dayboro Village. She is very grateful to the people who agreed to participate in her exhibition, including
Tim Harlow, a member of the Gallery and talented photographer, and
Lillian Tebesceff, another talented local artist and teacher (paintings below).
Dee, a relative newcomer to the "World of Art", has been painting off and on for about 4 years.
Unlike many artists, Dee doesn't know where the desire to paint came from. Dee didn't do art at high school and knew no one else who did, even her family are at a loss (perhaps there was an artist somewhere in the family line, long ago).
Dee enjoys browsing through art supply shops, the smell of crayons and pencils and paper stir the memories of the classrooms of her early school years in England.
Dee found the opportunity to give art a go came when she lived in Budderim, nervously attending some folk art lessons were she picked up some useful techniques, but did not find what she was looking for there.
Many years later in 2005 while wandering around an art supply shop at Kallanger, she was enticed by the proprietor to sign up for pastel lessons and loved it.
Subsequently, Dee became a member of the Dayboro Community Art Gallery where she now enjoys the company of other local artists.
Today Dee loves to paint in oils, pastels and acrylics (favouring oils for there blending and slow drying qualities).
Dee's favourite subjects at present are painting people and animal portraits. Come in this month and view Dee's excellent exhibition.
Originally a subject teacher (16yrs NSW Catholic System) then a lecturer (psychology etc...) she has been involved with art both professionally and as a hobby throughout her life. Lillian has studied in Europe and Australia and actively belongs to local and interstate Art Groups, Galleries and Committees. 
Lillian's art is an extension to self expression, it's coming in many moods....and evident in her work.
Finally, a Bunya Nut from one of our magnificent trees out the back of the Gallery.
David Hodgkinson of DHP Photographics is a photographer who lives in Oceanview, and a lecturer teaching Photoshop, which he uses for creating these bold bright images. 
Carly Wagstaff works with recycled wood to create these wonderful pieces below and for the festive season has created a range of unique xmas trees, caroling mice and reindeer, all very reasonably priced.
Elaine is a long time member of the Gallery and works in many mediums including paint, collage and clay.
