As an artist I am endlessly intrigued by the human figure, the human psyche, the human spirit, and all of their multifaceted intricacies; this is what you will see sprawled across my canvases. I take a very modern approach, bold in color and design, ever searching for the level of the sublime.

To be able to share my particular brand of beauty, through my art, with a world that is so much in need of beauty, is a privilege that I hold near and dear to my heart. Painting has provided me with a means to better define myself and the comfort of knowing my place and function in the grand scheme of things.

Originally from Canada, Claudette Dean has been calling the Bahamas home since 1979. She obtained a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Windsor and continued her studies in French Literature at the University of Nice in the South of France. At home, in the Bahamas, she has studied with acclaimed Bahamian artist and sculptor, Antonius Roberts, and in the U.S. with Selina Trieff, one of the original artists from the New York based figurative expressionist movement of the early 1950s.

Dean has exhibited extensively in the Bahamas since 1995, as well as in South Florida, New York City and New England. Having enjoyed a good measure of success in all of her major exhibitions, she can be found in several major collections in the Bahamas and abroad. Notably, a piece of her work, A Multicolored Culture, was acquired by the National Art Gallery of the Bahamas, as a permanent part of the country’s national art collection.

Claudette is a member of The National Art Gallery of the Bahamas and a founding member of STARTS, a non profit organization dedicated to the promotion of contemporary art on the island of Grand Bahama.