The art and creativity of Dahlia Woods are firmly rooted in the history of art and architecture, which she studied at Queens College and the University of New Hampshire. Woods constantly reinforces this classical background through visits to museums and historical architectural locales.
This classical art and architectural training, and the visual memories and epiphanies from her travels, are the roots and branches that support Woods's creative process. She paints in the tradition of the Fauvists, who used an unrestrained color spectrum to show the vitality and beauty of the world around them. Like them, Woods believes that the bold use of color is a critical means of expressing the life and human energy around her.
With her strong, but classically tempered, color palette and her world outlook, in each of her paintings Woods strives to portray the beauty of the world and a sense of mystical human endeavor.
