SHIRLEY S DOIRON




Shirley S. Doiron, a lifelong resident of Louisiana, was raised in the New Orleans area.
She received a BA from SLU in 1970, an MEd from UNO in 1978,
 and studied for her PhD at Tulane University. Art has always been a part of Shirley's life.
For the past 30 years she  has studied art history, art philosophy,
and a multitude of art medium  from pastels, graphite, pen and ink,
egg tempera, acrylics, oils, and watercolors.
She holds membership in a multitude of organizations.
A trained reading specialist, clinician, and diagnostician, Shirley spent years
using art to reach the disabled and disadvantaged student.
Along the way she designed logos for country clubs, civic organizations,
educational programs, yearbooks, cookbooks, and designed a series of holiday ornaments.
Shirley's art attempts to capture the absolute realism of her subject mater,
including the kind of details that reach out to create a dialogue
with observers. Her art hangs in the US Department of Education
in Washington DC, a number of private and corporate collections,
and is currently offered at several shops in Oxford, MS.
Shirley is currently studying, in the style of the "Grand Masters",
with her friend and mentor, Larry Casso, at The Baton Rouge Fine Arts Academy.
Shirley is now the resident fine artist at Art on Columbia
in downtown Covington. Her watercolors, pencil portraiture,
pen and inks, and other works of art can be seen in the gallery there.

Phone:  985 626-1568    985 893-0807    662 281-1033



















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