Dee Vazquez Sabol has been producing art since she could lift a crayon. It is a passion that she has woven into her professional and personal lives as well as her studies. A native of Minnesota, she has spent time exploring wild places, different cultures, and human spirituality.
Ms. Sabol received a Bachelor's Degree in Communications and Sociology from the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs and a Masters in Nonprofit Management from Regis University in Denver. She received the Karen A. Patterson Award for Community and Organizational Change from Regis University, Making Democracy Work Award from the League of Women Voters, Community Service award from Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Community Engagement award from Colorado College Business Community Advisory Council, and been named a Woman of Influence by Colorado Springs Business Journal and Woman of Distinction by Girl Scouts of Colorado.
Ms. Vazquez Sabol has a fine art and design studio, a patient husband, and a small menagerie. She resided in Colorado Springs for more than 20 years before returning to Minnesota.
Ms. Sabol received a Bachelor's Degree in Communications and Sociology from the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs and a Masters in Nonprofit Management from Regis University in Denver. She received the Karen A. Patterson Award for Community and Organizational Change from Regis University, Making Democracy Work Award from the League of Women Voters, Community Service award from Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Community Engagement award from Colorado College Business Community Advisory Council, and been named a Woman of Influence by Colorado Springs Business Journal and Woman of Distinction by Girl Scouts of Colorado.
Ms. Vazquez Sabol has a fine art and design studio, a patient husband, and a small menagerie. She resided in Colorado Springs for more than 20 years before returning to Minnesota.
about the art
"I have always been intrigued by enlightenment through creative expression. For me, this process plays out in meandering conversations with natural objects. I am infatuated with color. I am transfixed by the depths and pinnacles of contrast, intensity, and subtlety in the interplay between color and light.
"Juxtaposed against that is my love of anything whimsical, gaudy, bright, bold. Many facets make up a single jewel. So it is with artistic expression. A single image can keep me mesmerized for weeks and weeks. Every piece I produce is at once both intensely personal and vibrantly public.
"The use of natural objects like trees as conduits for expression and discovery has captured my imagination for the past several years. The tree offers a richness of natural as well as socio-cultural meaning that translates easily to the canvas. Adapting from digital photography offers me the freedom to apply geometric symmetry and color theory in limitless measure to my work.
"Mandala making has been a constant language of self discovery and sacred exploration for me, one that melds absolutely with digital processes. In my journey to understand spirituality in a historical and universal sense, I have also developed bodies of work on spiritual icons and sacred spaces.
"It is my goal to bring this depth of sensory expression and creative calculation to both sides of my art, what I produce in the studio and my graphic design." Dee Vazquez Sabol
Man·da·la (mən-də-lə)
1: a Hindu or Buddhist graphic symbol of the universe; specifically a circle enclosing a square with a deity on each side that is used chiefly as an aid to meditation
2: a graphic and often symbolic pattern usually in the form of a circle divided into four separate sections or bearing a multiple projection of an image
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"Juxtaposed against that is my love of anything whimsical, gaudy, bright, bold. Many facets make up a single jewel. So it is with artistic expression. A single image can keep me mesmerized for weeks and weeks. Every piece I produce is at once both intensely personal and vibrantly public.
"The use of natural objects like trees as conduits for expression and discovery has captured my imagination for the past several years. The tree offers a richness of natural as well as socio-cultural meaning that translates easily to the canvas. Adapting from digital photography offers me the freedom to apply geometric symmetry and color theory in limitless measure to my work.
"Mandala making has been a constant language of self discovery and sacred exploration for me, one that melds absolutely with digital processes. In my journey to understand spirituality in a historical and universal sense, I have also developed bodies of work on spiritual icons and sacred spaces.
"It is my goal to bring this depth of sensory expression and creative calculation to both sides of my art, what I produce in the studio and my graphic design." Dee Vazquez Sabol
Man·da·la (mən-də-lə)
1: a Hindu or Buddhist graphic symbol of the universe; specifically a circle enclosing a square with a deity on each side that is used chiefly as an aid to meditation
2: a graphic and often symbolic pattern usually in the form of a circle divided into four separate sections or bearing a multiple projection of an image
Wikipedia
