Corinne Dermond

Corinne is a painter, builder, designer, and all-around problem solver, a New Jersey native currently creating at the Haven in Portland, Oregon. She explores expressing her inner landscape with themes ranging from grief and depression to the highs of joy, and the weird giggles in between. Her style is a blend, ranging from cartoonish  fantasy to surreal illustrations, realistic portraits, and large-scale abstracts, often processing emotions in the moment. Collaborating, teaching workshops, live painting, and playing with authentic expression are her current passions.

 

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“I am a mostly self-taught, constantly learning and experimenting artists, working primarily in acrylics and watercolor. My style varies from impressionistic portraits to whimsical abstracts, like  trying to quickly capture the essence of a moment or exploring the wild weirdness of my imagination. Art has also been an outlet for my emotional processing, often letting pain and sadness come out onto a canvas to become seeds of growth, hopefully inspiring others to use curiosity and creativity to . Now I’m embarking on sharing the catalog of my healing journey, how I use play to activate that magic within, learning that color and light shines brighter because of the darkness. I also hope to inspire others by helping people move through limiting beliefs, holding a hand when trying something new, get uniquely inspired sharing my vast tool kit, and ideally find excitement for participating in this wild existence.”

 

Instagram: @CerinaBear

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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