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Doris Besikof
Artwork submitted for bid 
at our September 2, 2012 auction:
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"Chinatown Sunflowers"
Donating 100% of selling price to RCVFD
24 x 20, Mixed Media with Oil
 

Doris Besikof began painting in 1994, while she was still practicing law in Denver, and she has never stopped.  Her paintings range from still life to abstract, but whatever their style, her work is distinguished by her use of color. She had her first one woman show 18 months after she began painting.  Since 2000, Doris has painted full time in California where she has had numerous one-woman shows and has been the Hotel Artist at Loews Coronado Bay Resort for nine years.  Together with Loews she held one-woman shows in 2003 and 2007 which raised a total of $32,000 for uninsured victims of San Diego area wildfires. Doris is one of seven Arts Commissioners for the city of Coronado and the Chair of the Coronado Visual and Literary Arts Committee.  She still feels closely connected to Colorado and is honored to participate in this auction. 

Doris Besikof Resume

2000- present:  Artist                                                                                 Attorney, (inactive)                   

  • 1977-2000:  Attorney
  • Pre-1977: Social Worker, Teacher of English, French, German

 

 

ART BACKGROUND                                                                     

1994 to present: Painter.  Full time since 2000.    

2003 – present.  Hotel Artist, Loews Coronado Bay Resort

2005 Featured in Coronado Magazine as an Island Personality in “Paintings of the Essence.”

2005 Official Artist, Coronado FOCUS Holiday Boat Parades, a charity event for children. 

2005 – present. Teach weekly expressive acrylic painting classes, part of Spa Wellness Program, Loews Resort.

2012  Arts Commissioner Coronado CA (1 of 7)

2012 Chair Visual & Literary Arts Committee

  • Coronado Cultural Arts Commission
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GALLERIES:  2008 Stephen Clayton Gallery, Coronado Ferry Landing

  • 2008 -  present.  Bluff Country Art Gallery, Spring Grove, Minnesota
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ONE WOMAN SHOWS: 

1996, “Petals and Paint,” Denver, CO.                                                       

2003 A 30-painting show, done with Loews Coronado Bay Resort raised     $17,000 for San Diego fire victims whose homes had burned.

2007  Second 30 painting show raised $15,000 for San Diego fire victims who lost homes, also done with Loews.   

2009  One-woman trunk show, paintings and jewelry 

2011  One woman show, Loews Coronado Bay Resort      

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  • JURIED EXHIBITIONS: 

 Numerous, including, Scottsdale Artists’ School, Best and Brightest, San Diego Art Institute. Hyde Gallery at  Grossmont College, San Diego.

  • Artists’ Guild of San Diego Museum of Art
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  • CONTINUING ART STUDIES

2002 Summer Art Course, UNC, Chapel Hill, NC.  Scottsdale Artists’ School seminars including those conducted by Milt Kobayashi, Kim English, Hedi Moran and Jove Wang, among others.

 

 
 
 
 
 

 

 

 

All artwork is copyrighted by the individual artists. Images may not be reproduced without the permission of the artist.

 

 


 

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