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by Marie K. Thompson on 10/20/2009 6:39:02 PM
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"A Dancing Man Now Paints With a ‘Dancing’ Brush"
“If I could paint faces all the time, I would,” says Jeremy Doss. “It is so rewarding.”
Doss grew up in north Alabama. Spending time in nature gave him a heart to paint the beauty of the landscape but he also has a passion for painting figures and still life. He paints in oils with a mixture of impressionism and realism. He is mostly self taught and prefers the alla prima style of painting.
Tommy Thompson and his daughter, Michelle Rideout, participated in a 4-day plein air oil workshop with Jeremy Doss of Townsend, TN, during October 12-15, 2009. The workshop was hosted by Leiper's Creek Gallery, owner Lisa Fox.
Painter Doss shares freely the vast amount of information that he has gained from other painters such as Richard Schmid. The road to painting for Doss included a career in dancing and choreography in New York City with an off broadway company.
Since dancing was his night job, he had lots of free time during the day. Looking through art magazines one day, he found an article about Richard Schmid and became hooked on painting. He saw Schmid’s style as something that he could pursue as a lifetime career. At a Retrospective honoring Schmid in Ohio, Doss met the famous artist and was able to watch him while he painted. Doss has not only lived in New York City but also Santa Fe, NM.
When he was teaching dancing he figured out what worked but had trouble determining why until an engineer explained it to him using a paperclip. It was the same way with painting. Regarding temperature, he knew what he wanted and what worked but Schmid explained to him why it worked and how.
For more information, check out the work and workshops of this fine artist at Jeremy Doss Art.com.
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