Durre Waseem
I grew up in a family that loved to draw and color. I took up formal art classes in college and earned a Masters degree from Punjab university where I taught for next seven years and later three at a girls college. It was during my teaching years that I explored myself as an artist with better understanding of seeing and omitting. For the next 30 years of painting, my colors and strokes evolved and as they adapted through my exposure to different art and places. I feel that now I only take charge of selecting a subject and my painting leads me through the process.
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Biography
After graduating from Punjab University, (Pakistan) I started teaching art to the graduate and post graduate students for 10 years until we moved to the United States in 2001. In the beginning i spent time in teaching and studying but from 2017 i decided to become a full time artist, and since 2019 I became actively involved in pleinair events. The more I painted with different groups of artist the more i learn , most of all I learn to love the process more than the result. Although each pleinair event is filled with tremendous joy and excitement, but sometimes it comes with more honor when my painting gets some recognition In past 2 years, along with several awards of merit I received some best of shows, such as JUst plein Fun (2022), American Impressionist Society online show (2022), Outdoor pleinair, Galveston (2023), New Bern pleinair (2023)
Artist Statement
My work was more academic through my university years of studying and then teaching painting. After graduation my art progressed in three stages; when I started teaching post graduation classes, more after I moved to the United States, and most of all since 2018, when I started participating in national pleinair events. I love using most mediums but i usually paint in oil.