Doris Carstens

1358 Hopedale Dr.
Ft Myers Fl, 33919
305 766 6232
Email: Doris@chibeads.com

www.Chibeads.com

bio:
Born in Austria into a family of artists, and growing up with a jewelry store, I went to art school earning a bachelor degree as Gold and Silversmith.
After finishing school I travelled for a year to Capetown, South Africa, working as a jeweler to polish my skills.
In 1989 I moved to Miami, Florida, working there as a freelance artist, jeweler and also as energy field healer.
In 2003 my husband and me moved our family to a smaller community in Central Florida to raise our two children. I continued with art shows and earned a several prizes with handmade polymer beads made into necklaces, which are the wearable part of acrylic paintings. The story of the necklace is told in the painting. Polymer hands, which are coming out of the frame, are holding the jewelry in place.
In 2009 we finally settled down in Ft Myers, Fl., where I work as a freelance artist and healer ever since.

I not only work in 3D art now but also developed a line of paintings (without beads).
I currently show my work at the COCO Gallery in Estero, Arts for Act Gallery in down town Ft Myers, and various exhibitions hosted by the Fine Craft Guild of SW Florida, and The Alliance of the Arts, Ft Myers.

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