Phoebe Dean

Phoebe has been a practicing artist for 40 years choosing oil paints, pastels and canvas as her primary means of expression. As a studio art/art history major at Sarah Lawrence College in Bronxville, NY in the early 70’s, Phoebe was a photography major with a minor in painting. Upon graduation, she began a career in painting. Influenced by her photography and the painters Philip Pearlstein, Alex Katz and Alfred Leslie, Phoebe focused her efforts on figurative painting and the New Realism style.

At the start of the 21st century, Phoebe’s figurative paintings shifted to a more expressionistic style influenced by Francesco Clemente. As Phoebe says, “Living so close to NYC, I was able to see every museum and gallery exhibit NYC had to offer.

For 30 years Phoebe painted full time in her studio in Bedford, NY and exhibited in NY and MA. During this time she completed many commissions for private clients. She also was commissioned to paint Trompe L’oeil murals for private clients in the NY area.

In 2017 Phoebe moved to Delray Beach, FL where she now resides and paints full time in her studio. She is currently working on a cloudscape series influenced by her surroundings.As she says, “I have been assigned many descriptive titles as a painter: a colorist, a figurative painter, a realist. What I am is a painter. My style is always evolving, and I am always growing.”