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Betty Haight
My figurative paintings convey attitude through the pose. They are about feelings expressed in color and form
“Each painting is the detritus of battle” – a struggle of laying down paint, wiping it off, scratching at it, abandoning it and then reconnecting until it finally “feels right”. It is “like trying to dance with a bear that wants to wrestle.”
I try to maintain a piece of each stage of the painting in the finished work so it becomes a historical overlay of the process it went through to reach the final stage.
History: Raised in Northwestern Iowa.
Education: Juris Doctorate, Creighton University, Omaha, Nebraska, 1969. Life Drawing Workshop, San Bernardio Valley College, 1989.
Oil Painting, Donna Morrin, San Bernardino Valley College,
1989-1991. Summer Workshop, multi media, Donna Morrin, 1992.Crit Group, Donna Morrin, 1992-1994.Crit. Group, Sam Amata, Santa Monica, 1992-1995.Crit. Group, Blue Fu Studio, Laguna Beach, 1999-2000
Acrylic Painting, Michael Hallinan, Laguna Beach, CA,. 1995-1999
Member, The Studio, Laguna Plein Air Painters Association
Board of Directors, Southern California Artists Association
Guest Lecturer, Cal.State University.
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