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A NATIVE OF BELLE ROSE, LOUISIANA DORIS BOUDREAUX COWAN IS AN
AUTHENTIC CAJUN. SHE PUT OFF NURSING SCHOOL FOR A WHILE TO
MARRY AND RAISE FOUR CHILDREN. IT WAS DURING THIS TIME THAT
SHE TRADED SEWING LESSONS FOR ART LESSONS FROM A HIGH
SCHOOL CLASSMATE, POLLY JOHNSON. DORIS CREDITS POLLY WITH
GETTING HER “HOOKED ON ART.” DORIS STUDIED ART WITH AL
FEDERICO AND IN WORKSHOPS WITH ROBERT WOODS, JUDI BETTS,
TONY COUCH, JEANNE DOBI, MILFORD ZORNES, AND DOUG WALTON . IN
ADDITION TO STUDYING ART, DORIS WENT TO NURSING SCHOOL IN
1974-75 AND WORKED AT EAST JEFFERSON HOSPITAL FOR THE NEXT
20 YEARS. WHEN SHE NO LONGER HAD TO WORK , SHE RETURNED TO
PAINTING. DORIS IS KNOWN FOR HER WONDERFUL WATER COLORS,
HAS A FAITHFUL FOLLOWING OF COLLECTORS. SHE IS ALSO
PROFICIENT IN BATIKING AND PAINTING IN OILS AND ACRYLICS. SHE HAS
EXHIBITED WIDELY AND IS WINNER OF OVER 100 AWARDS IN JURIED
SHOWS. SHE HAS TRAVELED EXTENSIVELY, PAINTING IN ALMOST ALL
THE STATES INCLUDING HAWAII , EUROPE, CANADA, AND MEXICO.
SHE IS REPRESENTED BY: THE MARDI GRAS MUSEUM IN KENNER,
CAMERON JONES SHOP ON MAGAZINE STREET, NEW ORLEANS, RIVER
REGION ART GALLERY IN GONZALES, LA., THE WEST WE GO ART
CENTER IN WESTWEGO, LA. , THE MOCHACCINOS IN LULING LA., LA
PLACE, DESTREHAN AND COVINGTON, YOU CAN ALSO SEE HER WORK
IN THE FIRE OF BRAZIL RESTAURANT ON IBERVILLE ST. AND SOUTHERN
EXPRESSIONS ART GALLERY IN THE FRENCH QUARTER AND IN THE
COMMON GROUNDS RESTAURANT IN GRETNA LA. HER PAINTINGS CAN
ALSO BE FOUND IN CORPORATE AND PRIVATE COLLECTIONS AROUND
THE WORLD. DORIS HAS THE DISTINCTION OF BEING A MEMBER OF
PENN WOMEN OF AMERICA. SHE IS A PRESIDENT OF NEW ORLEANS
ART ASSOCIATION,ON THE BOARD OF LE PETIT ART GUILD, WEST
BANK ART GUILD, LA. W/C SOC. , THE RIVER REGION ART GUILD, AND
IS A CHARTER MEMBER OF JEFFERSON ART GUILD, AND LOUISIANA
ARTIST ASSOCIATION AND IS PAST PRESIDENT OF THE METAIRIE ART
GUILD. SHE ALSO FREELANCES FROM HER METAIRIE STUDIO AT 710
ORION AVENUE. SHE CAN BE REACHED BY PHONE AT 504-835-4476 OR
E-MAIL HER AT REDTOP135@AOL.COM OR CLICK ON HER WEB SITE ,
www.jazzystuff.com/doriscowan.html
