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Dorothy Cancellieri’s paintings are full of emotions expressed through a palette of rich, vibrant colors–with figures and animals as her favorite subjects. Imagination plays a key role in each of her artworks.

Born in the Bronx, Dorothy also lived in Manhattan and has resided in Yonkers, New York for the past 30 years. Art was always a favorite subject for her throughout her schooling. She was raised in a creative family. Her father liked to draw and was employed as a jeweler for Harry Winston. Her mother’s palette was her home. It had to look just so. One of her brothers, Michael Cancellieri, is an artist who worked in advertising and does woodworking. Her brother, Ron Cancellieri, creates window treatments and does interior decorating.

In 1980, Ms. Cancellieri began taking art classes at the New School in Manhattan. While there she took a class with Professor Donald Stacy called “Painting and Drawing from the Imagination.” After the first class she was hooked, and continued to paint and draw at his loft, Stacy Studios in Union Square, for the next 32 years! Dorothy has taught art and yoga enrichment programs in elementary schools throughout Westchester County. Since 1998, Dorothy has been a member of the Mamaroneck Artist’s Guild . Her works have been shown in numerous exhibits throughout the area including the College of New Rochelle, the Blue Door Gallery & Harrison Public Library, to name a few. Dorothy recently had her painting, “Parrot & Cat in the Dining Room” selected to illustrate a poster on buses in Westchester County in 2024. She currently shares a studio at Arts Westchester in White Plains, New York.

In her words: “I adore color! I love painting figures, animals, environments and landscapes with great vivid colors to convey a story, meaning and emotion in my artworks on canvas. My imagination is expressed through a kaleidoscope of color in my artwork. The use of vibrant paints has always enriched me, and left me with a feeling of peace and happiness.”