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Mel DeBettencourt, Oak Bluffs, Martha's Vineyard

Mel DeBettencourt, Oak Bluffs, Martha’s Vineyard

 

My mother and older sister were excellent artists. I loved to watch them paint. I sketched, but did not take up art seriously until my mother passed away and I inherited her art supplies: the rusted tubes of oils with luscious names, like burnt umber, cerulean, ultramarine blue; the slender boar bristle filberts; the smudged pastels; and the splintered wood box that held her supplies. I took them with me from Louisville to Boston, knowing I would feel my mother’s spirit as I painted.

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Art was a wonderful break from the intensity of my legal career as Chief Legal Counsel to a large corporation. I took Masters classes in oils and pastels, losing myself to the art.

going surfing, 5:00 am

going surfing, 5:00 am

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I donate much of my art to charities. I started a successful, long-term art fundraiser for the Lymphoma Research Foundation that was marketed on TV, radio, and newspapers, thanks to the help of my TV anchor/reporter daughter. It was fun doing interviews for such a great cause. I am grateful to my wonderful artists friends who contributed.

Kyla

Kyla

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

My style is expressionist/realistic. My subjects are usually living things: people, animals, birds. I love to “witness,” to paint people in action in every day life. I paint using my own photographs except for a few portraits of dogs that I did on commission. My art always sold well; unfortunately, I never took professional photographs or had giclees of my art; only snapshots. So below, you will see my snapshots. I hope you will enjoy them!

Julia and Kyla, Lucy Vincent Beach

Julia and Kyla, Lucy Vincent Beach, Martha’s Vineyard

 

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Zigmund, Ziggy, our Vizsla

Kyla Dancing on the Beach

Kyla Dancing on the Beach

Yellow Bird

Yellow Bird, First painting sold at the fundraiser for the Lymphoma Research Foundation

Kyla on State Beach, Martha's Vineyard

Kyla on State Beach, Martha’s Vineyard

9/11 Fireman, donated to the Wayland, MA fire and police, hanging in their Safety Building

9/11 Fireman, donated to the Wayland, MA fire and police, hanging in their Safety Building

Wayland, MA fire and police honoring Julia for her donation of her painting of a 9/11 fireman

Wayland, MA fire and police honoring Julia for her donation of her painting of a 9/11 fireman

Horses

Affectionate Horses

Daisy

Daisy

Dog in the snow

Dog in the snow