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Contact the Artist:
email: kakika@cox.net
website: www.artspaceaz.com
email: kakika@cox.net
website: www.artspaceaz.com
Bertica García Dubus was born in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic.
Although she did not begin her formal schooling in Fine Arts until the age of 16, her
earliest memories of favorite things involve drawing pads and pencils. When a need
for artistic skills arose, both teachers and classmates looked to Bertica, and she
always enjoyed stepping in to fill their requests. Still, she did not imagine that she
might pursue a career in art, a possibility that opened when she went to college.
Ms. Garcia began art studies in earnest at Saint Dominic College in St. Charles,
Illinois, where she received her B.A. degree in Fine Arts. There, she immersed herself
in many techniques and mediums, but was most attracted to the Classical/Realistic
style of oil painting, which she has continued to explore and personalize since. Her
avocation become her vocation, she continued her education at the Art Institute of
Chicago. One of her favorite college professors once told her, “You will never be
alone as long as you have a piece of paper and a pencil at hand.” She has since also
discovered that the ability to see light and shadow, and recognize beauty in the
simplest object, not only leads to purest joy but provides an incredible learning tool.
Bertica considers herself blessed to have had the opportunity to develop a trained
eye and hopes that through her works others will come to see and appreciate the
beauty of creation.
Over the course of her career, Ms. García has participated in exhibitions in the United
States and in the Dominican Republic. On three separate occasions, her works won
awards at the Bienal E. León Jiménez show in Santiago, Dominican Republic,
perhaps that country’s most prestigious juried art exposition. Critics have described
her style as realistic in nature, and her paintings as figurative works that tell a story
with warmth and feeling. Since moving to Phoenix in 1985, Bertica has turned her
eye for detail, color, and design to good use as a graphic artist and illustrator, both
on staff at advertising agencies and presently on her own.
In the fall of 2007, Bertica was the Artist in Residence at The Artist's Studio. Her
exhibit was titled, "Bertica's Back." The title implied her return to the easel and
showcased a collection of people seen from the back. Her work is currently at
Artspace, a gallery in the Scottsdale art district. She is currently preparing a "one-
woman- show" which will take place in the Dominican Republic in the Spring
of 2009.
Although she did not begin her formal schooling in Fine Arts until the age of 16, her
earliest memories of favorite things involve drawing pads and pencils. When a need
for artistic skills arose, both teachers and classmates looked to Bertica, and she
always enjoyed stepping in to fill their requests. Still, she did not imagine that she
might pursue a career in art, a possibility that opened when she went to college.
Ms. Garcia began art studies in earnest at Saint Dominic College in St. Charles,
Illinois, where she received her B.A. degree in Fine Arts. There, she immersed herself
in many techniques and mediums, but was most attracted to the Classical/Realistic
style of oil painting, which she has continued to explore and personalize since. Her
avocation become her vocation, she continued her education at the Art Institute of
Chicago. One of her favorite college professors once told her, “You will never be
alone as long as you have a piece of paper and a pencil at hand.” She has since also
discovered that the ability to see light and shadow, and recognize beauty in the
simplest object, not only leads to purest joy but provides an incredible learning tool.
Bertica considers herself blessed to have had the opportunity to develop a trained
eye and hopes that through her works others will come to see and appreciate the
beauty of creation.
Over the course of her career, Ms. García has participated in exhibitions in the United
States and in the Dominican Republic. On three separate occasions, her works won
awards at the Bienal E. León Jiménez show in Santiago, Dominican Republic,
perhaps that country’s most prestigious juried art exposition. Critics have described
her style as realistic in nature, and her paintings as figurative works that tell a story
with warmth and feeling. Since moving to Phoenix in 1985, Bertica has turned her
eye for detail, color, and design to good use as a graphic artist and illustrator, both
on staff at advertising agencies and presently on her own.
In the fall of 2007, Bertica was the Artist in Residence at The Artist's Studio. Her
exhibit was titled, "Bertica's Back." The title implied her return to the easel and
showcased a collection of people seen from the back. Her work is currently at
Artspace, a gallery in the Scottsdale art district. She is currently preparing a "one-
woman- show" which will take place in the Dominican Republic in the Spring
of 2009.