About the Poster Artist
Reneé Decator

Atlantic Center for the Arts announces that Renee Decator has been selected as the poster artist for the 34th IMAGES: A Festival of the Arts. Renee’s painting “Surface” was selected as the poster and T-shirt image. “Surface” depicts two sea turtles swimming up through small orange fish and beams of light that penetrate the water.

“I spent many weekends fishing in the ocean off Daytona with my dad,” Renee said, “and I love the ocean and the creatures that inhabit it. I describe myself as a ‘Southern Expressionist.’ Growing up in the South has definitely influenced my art, both in my bold palette and subject matter.”

Renee grew up in Daytona Beach and says, “drawing was a favorite pastime for me when I was a child. I drew caricatures of all my classmates in school and filled sketchbook after sketchbook. I was a tomboy who loved the ocean, the springs and deep-sea fishing with my dad.” As an adult, she attended the Artquest School of Art & Design, squeezing in classes between working and raising a family.

“My art is all about the wonders of life, as I see them,” Renee said. “I love color and texture and I am fascinated with small things; the way a leaf curls to catch the rain, or the silhouette of a blackbird in the sky above me. My exploration into art was literally ‘eye-opening’. It quickly became a passion and forever became the best description of who I am. My goal is to always be true to my passions in life. To explore and discover, to see my world with childlike wonder, and share my vision of those wonders through my artwork.”