Dee Rovetta is an art enthusiast currently residing in Raleigh, NC with her boyfriend and two cats. Originally from New Bern, NC, she finds comfort and relief in experimentation and bright, loud colors. Her journey as an artist began in February 2020 starting with watercolor and quickly moving to acrylic, her favorite medium. She believes in making with intention, being introspective, jumping right into new territories without a second thought, and not expecting too much of yourself in the process except peace.
Organic drips of paint, haphazard but intentional lines, fingerpainted bursts of color, and intentional marks illustrate growing into yourself, not knowing all the answers, and the process of realizing who you are. A longtime advocate for self-mental health, holding a bachelor’s degree in Psychology from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro and currently pursuing her master’s in Clinical Mental Health Counseling from Walden University, Dee hopes she can inspire those who feel the same way she does through her honest artistic journey and challenge everyone's perception of what Black art is.
I create abstract paintings that are pleasing to the eye but are bursting with emotion and care. To capture my feelings as they are -- raw and uninhibited -- I use pens, markers, acrylic paint to illustrate my daily battles with being a human. The pieces I create are straightforward and honest but have whimsy too; my art is Black because I am.
My process as I understand it now involves welcoming mistakes as they are while giving myself a space to be genuine and free – something I didn’t have enough time to do before the pandemic. I’m driven to create pieces that become statements through the process, not specifically intending them to be from the start. Valuing change and transformation over time, much like how we change as human beings throughout the course of our lives. I want to make genuine connections and spark conversations with the everyday person through my work. What’s stopping you from being creative? Why do you think you’re not? Being a human with all types of emotions and experiencing a vast spectrum of situations, each with its own solution, commands that you are.