Untitled
Scratch Board
9 3/4 " x 6 3/4 "
$65
Untitled
Mixed Media on Paper
11 5/8 " x 17 5/8 "
$115
Untitled
Watercolor on Paper
17-1/2" x 23"
$135
| Deatra Colbert's favorite subjects for her artwork
are the athlete and the television actor. One does not need to be a fan to
enjoy her fanciful paintings, drawings and prints. Her art is strewn with flowers, small arbitrary forms and wavy lines with words and
names associated with sports stars or TV actors. She often depicts human
figures as a focal point, but all of these elements are interwoven in a
decorative manner with a delicate hand. The resulting whole can be likened
to a full-color tapestry or to aboriginal sand painting.
Colbert's interest in sports began years ago when she attended her first
baseball game. Since then, she has collected sports magazines and trading
cards and has watched televised sports events.
Colbert lives at her family's home in Richmond, CA. Born in Ohio in 1964,
she moved to the bay area as a child. She has studied computer science,
math, and reading at Contra Costa College in San Pablo. She began working
in art at the age of 30 after joining NIAD in 1994.
Colbert's art has been shown in at the Intuit Gallery, Chicago; the Santa Barbara
Contemporary Arts Forum; in People Who Illuminate in Copenhagen, Denmark; at
Project Ability in Glasgow, Scotland, as well as in group shows at NIAD, the
Creative Spirit Gallery in San Francisco, and at Berlex Biosciences, Richmond.
Untitled
Mixed Media on Paper
13
" x 16.5 "
$125
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