About the Artist
DeAnna Boyer (B. 2000, Gettysburg, PA) is an illustrator and painter based between the United States and Ireland. She earned a Masters in Art and Ecology at the Burren College of Art and National University of Ireland Galway (2023) and a BFA in Illustration with an emphasis on Visual Development at Ringling College of Art and Design (2022). She is a Fulbright - National Geographic Storytelling Fellow for 2022-2023 where she studied the interactions between art, culture, and the ecology through narrative and illustrative paintings in the Burren National Park, Ireland.
Contact Information
Email: dboyer@deannaboyer.com
Phone: +1.717.353.4777
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/deanna-boyer-b25623170/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dboyer_art/
Artist Statement
My practice explores the fellowship of the human body and nature through painting, illustration and storytelling. Tender and fragmented human bodies melt softly around imaginary gardens inspired by my current experience in the landscape. Through colour, I blur the line between what is real and imagined; from what is natural to what is human. The vivid variation sculpts a scene that feels lucid and almost psychedelic, yet it retains a sense of quietude. The paintings seek to evoke the feeling of being completely enveloped in nature - feeling as though it is a part of oneself.
My practice is grounded in ecological research as much as it is in artistic research. A large part of my practice involves a physical connection to nature - learning about how it functions, grows, and communicates. The images and stories captured in these paintings are a culmination of my own experience and memories in the landscape as well as my interests in Ethnobotany, Ecology, and the current sociological relationship between humans and nature.
Curriculum Vitae
2024 Group exhibition, Folklore: Tales From the Crypt, Sweetwater Arts Center, Pittsburgh PA
2024 Group exhibition, 2024 Emerging Artists, Delaplaine Arts Center, Frederick MD
2023 Group exhibition, Growth In The Ecotone, Burren College of Art, Ballyvaughan Ireland
2022 Group Exhibition, The Newtown History Series, Richard and Barbara Basch Gallery, Sarasota FL
2022 Group exhibition, Ringling Illustration Senior Show, Ringling College Galleries, Sarasota FL
2022 Group exhibition, The Best of Ringling: Illustration, Stulberg Gallery, Sarasota FL
2021 Group exhibition, The Best of Ringling: Illustration, Stulberg Gallery, Sarasota FL
2020 Group Exhibition, Emerging Visions, Creative York Art Gallery, York PA
Publications
National Geographic: Field Note Blogs
SRQ Magazine: Arts and Culture
Sarasota Magazine: News and City Life
Patch: Ringling College A Top Producer Of Fulbright Awards For U.S. Students