Dorota Haber-Lehigh is an artist, educator and a naturalist with a passion for native plants of the Pacific Northwest. Born in Poland, Dorota loves foraging for berries, mushroom hunting, field sketching and collecting specimens. She is inspired by her grandparents, who were avid mushroom hunters and gardeners, her father’s travels, and her mother’s fabric art and ikebana arrangements. Dorota has two degrees in Art and International Studies with a focus on indigenous cultures, and a master’s degree in teaching. She also holds a graduate bilingual certificate in Teaching English as a Second Language. She has earned a Diploma in Botanical Illustration from Society of Botanical Artists in London in May 2019. She is a member of Oregon Botanical Artists, Pacific Northwest Botanical Artists and American Society of Botanical Artists. She has over 20 years of experience teaching Botanical Drawing, Natural Science Illustration, Art of Ethnobotany, Ethnobotanical Sketchbook, Spanish and ESL. Recently Dorota was an Artist in Residence at Bloedel Reserve on Bainbridge Island, Washington. Dorota exhibits and teaches drawing regionally.
Dorota enjoys depicting flora of the Pacific Northwest, often native plants. She is interested in portraying individual plants with their sculptural and ephemeral beauty. Her passion is to bring attention to importance of ecological diversity of nature and emphasize nature’s and human fragility. Dorota is interested in the healing power of plants and nature and enjoys drawing plants that have medicinal properties. She has authored two ethnobotanical coloring books: “ABC of Native Plants of the Coastal PNW” and “Native Berries of the Coastal PNW.” In her botanical work Dorota enjoys staining the paper with walnut ink to create unique surface reminiscent of old manuscripts, and uses watercolor and artist quality colored pencils such as Faber Castell Polychromos or Caran d’Ache, 100% cotton hot press 140 lbs paper. For art mounted on woodblock she uses multiple layers of Dorland wax as protective cover.
Dorota enjoys depicting flora of the Pacific Northwest, often native plants. She is interested in portraying individual plants with their sculptural and ephemeral beauty. Her passion is to bring attention to importance of ecological diversity of nature and emphasize nature’s and human fragility. Dorota is interested in the healing power of plants and nature and enjoys drawing plants that have medicinal properties. She has authored two ethnobotanical coloring books: “ABC of Native Plants of the Coastal PNW” and “Native Berries of the Coastal PNW.” In her botanical work Dorota enjoys staining the paper with walnut ink to create unique surface reminiscent of old manuscripts, and uses watercolor and artist quality colored pencils such as Faber Castell Polychromos or Caran d’Ache, 100% cotton hot press 140 lbs paper. For art mounted on woodblock she uses multiple layers of Dorland wax as protective cover.
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ARTIST IN RESIDENCE:
Bloedel Reserve, Bainbridge Island, WA, 2020 Cannon Beach Art Association, OR, 2019 COMMISSION:
SHOWS: Nature's Grace, Fairweather Gallery, Seaside, OR 2021 Wild Beauty, Fairweather Gallery, Seaside, OR, 2020 Fresh Start, Fairweather Gallery, Seaside, OR 2020 Dare to be Square, Online American Society of Botanical Artists, 2020 Mums and More, Juried show, Lan Su Chinese Garden, Portland, OR, 2019 Contrasts, Group show, Fairweather Gallery, Seaside, OR, 2019 Native Habitats, Hoffman Center for the Arts, Manzanita, OR, 2019 Ode to Tides, Juried show, Oregon State University, 2019 Forest to Garden, Group show, Oregon Botanical Artists, Cannon Beach, 2019 Confluence, Small Works, Group show, St. Louis, Missouri, 2018 Native Plants Show, Willamette Heritage Center, Salem, OR, 2018 Into the Woods, 3 person show, Cannon Beach, OR, 2018 Lan Su in Bloom, Juried show, Portland Chinese Garden, OR, 2017 Forest Fungi, Two person show, Tillamook Forest Center, OR, 2016 Botanica, Group show, Seaside Library, 2016 Forest Flora, Tillamook Forest Center, 2016 Flora in US Parks, Juried show, US Botanic Garden, Washington D.C., 2016 Botanicals, Hoffman Center for the Arts, Manzanita, OR, 2015 Terra Nova, Juried show, Cannon Beach Arts Association, OR, 2015 Eco-Icon, Invitational, Compass Gallery, Salem, OR, 2015 In the Footsteps of David Douglas, Bush Barn Gallery, Salem, OR, 2014 and Washington County Museum, Group show, Hillsboro, OR, 2014 Flora, Native Plants, Group show, Nehalem, OR, 2014 |
PUBLICATIONS:
Seaside Mill Pond Natural History Park, coloring book, 2020 Celebrating Silver, ASBA catalog 25th anniversary, 2019 Confluence Small Works, ASBA catalog 2018 The Art of Ethnobotany, The Botanical Artist Journal, 2016 ABC of Native Plants of Coastal PNW Native Berries of the Pacific Northwest Creatures of Haystack Rock (mulilingual coloring book) Lan Su Coloring Book (Chinese Garden in Portland, OR) |
