The Ohio Artist Registry (OAR) is an exciting opportunity for artists to share their work, connect with the creative community, and establish an online presence—all on a free, virtual platform! The OAR encourages artists working in all art forms, throughout Ohio and beyond,  to create a profile, which allows them to better promote themselves and their work. Being listed in the OAR provides artists with new opportunities to share their work with clients, galleries, patrons, and audiences. For more information, contact Kathy Signorino, artist programs director, at kathy.signorino@oac.ohio.gov or 614-728-6140.

2024 Ohio Artist Registry Juried Exhibition

Dennis Deel

Owner Compassionate Home Care and Photography by White Whiskers LLCPhotography

Bio

I started walking as a form of mental health “exercise”.  The photography  came about as I began to enjoy all the textures and colors on my hiking trips and wanted a record instead of just my memory.  After publishing a few on my Facebook page, my friends began asking if they could buy some. A gallery manager from Arizona contacted me so  I started to take my skills  seriously.

“YOUR ART IS FANTASTIC AND IF YOU WERE HERE IN ARIZONA I WOULD HAVE YOU AS ONE OF OUR ARTISTS HERE AT THE COBRE VALLEY CENTER FOR THE ARTS. YOU HAVE A GREAT EYE FOR DETAILS AND COMPOSITION.”
WIL BOWEN GALLERY MANAGER KNOTTY FOX GALLERY 

Local Roots , a café, farmer, artist coop,  agreed with everyone else and gave me gallery space to start displaying and selling my photographs. I present my photographs on canvas frames or matted ready to hang. I also display a few single photographs.  

No formal training in photography. I consider myself as an “outsider artist” in photography.

“Outsider art is art made by self-taught or supposedly naïve artists with typically little or no contact with the conventions of the art worlds.” Wikipedia