Jean Doran was born in Hawaii and has lived in nine different states; currently she resides and paints in Lewes, Delaware. She graduated summa cum laude with a BA in art education from the University of Maryland and studied under Mitchell Jamison in graduate school. Further education included an intensive study of portraiture, both of humans and animals, one of her favorite subjects.
A love of nature is often displayed in Doran’s paintings, with a recurring theme of nature enhancing man’s work, man-made objects that are softened by being in the midst of a natural setting. A move to Lewes in 1998 opened up both new subject matter for her paintings and an abiding love of small-town life. In addition to oil and acrylic painting on canvas and board, she paints furniture, providing a work of art that is functional as well as fun and artistic.
Her paintings are represented in collections from Maine to California and may be seen by appointment in her studio, at the Rehoboth Art League, and in various shows in the Mid-Atlantic area.
Commissions
Portraits of people
Portraits of pets
Paintings of homes
Paintings on furniture
