Portraits invite us into the landscape of the other. We are free to gaze and linger without the self-conscious distance we create when we are face to face. Often that distance has been imposed upon us through social conditioning, preconceptions and misconceptions. Through my paintings, I hope to offer viewers an opportunity to extend that gaze and to consider the faces before them; feel the subject’s presence, their value and contemplate the light inside that waits for us to bear witness.
Beth DeWit is an artist of diverse experience and is primarily self-taught, acquiring much of her skills while working as a Decorative Painter for 24 years in the New York Metro area.
She has exhibited at ArtsWestchester Gallery in White Plains, NY, Riverside Gallery in Yonkers, NY, NRCA Rotunda Gallery, New Rochelle, NY, Arc Of The Viral Universe Notebook Project, Tompkin County Public Library, Ithica, NY, The Ossining Public Library Gallery, Ossining, NY, Peekskill Open Studios and Field Gallery in Peekskill, NY, Beacon Open Studios, Beacon, NY, Mahopac Library in Mahopac, NY, Tompkins Corners and Peekskill Arts Alliance Virtual Exhibits on Zoom.
Currently a board member of Peekskill Arts Alliance, Beth holds a Bachelor’s Degree in English Literature from the University of Iowa. She is also an experienced registered Vinyasa Yoga Instructor. She lives in Peekskill, NY.
For Commissions contact: dewityoga@gmail.com
Website: bethdewitartist.com FB: Beth DeWit INSTA: @bethdewit
Solo Exhibitions
2022
A Bird in the Hand, The Field Gallery, Peekskill, NY
Selected Group Exhibitions
Beacon Open Studios, Beacon, NY, July, 2022
2019-present
ArtsWestchester Gallery, White Plains, NY, Riverside Gallery, Yonkers, NY, NRCA Rotunda Gallery, New Rochelle, NY, Arc Of The Viral Universe Notebook Project, Tompkin County Public Library, Ithica, NY, The Ossining Public Library Gallery, Ossining, NY, Peekskill Open Studios, Peekskill, NY, Field Gallery, Peekskill, NY, Mahopac Library, Mahopac, NY, Tompkins Corners and Peekskill Arts Alliance Virtual Exhibits, on Zoom.
2012
Artswestchester Gallery, White Plains, NY
