The Background

3/20/2017

In a painting or drawing, the space around the object is just as important as the object itself. The artist strives for a balance between the positive space (the object) and the negative space (the background)around it.

To create this web site, It was necessary to to define the space around me... my background...my work...my places and my people.

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I was a public school teacher for 20 years. I graduated from the University of Colorado, received my teaching credential and MA from San Francisco State University, received Fulbright-Hays Summer Fellowships to both China (1991) and India (1999) and achieved National Board Certification in 1996 in the area of Adolescence and Young Adulthood Art.

SF Chronicle article about these drawings

CURRENT EXHIBITION
"Alphabet Soup"
The Studio Gallery 2019
May 2nd to May 27 2019

RECENT EXHIBITIONS
"Tiny and Huge"
Studio Gallery 2018
Nov and Dec 2018

The Written Word at Studio Gallery 2018
Art inspired by books and writing
August 2nd-27th, 2018

The "TINY" show at Studio Gallery 2016 and 2017
1641 Pacific Avenue, San Francisco, CA 94109
Small pieces under $500 December 2016, 2017 and 2018

Dede Tisone

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