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A Artist Profle
Ethnic doll by Doris McGillan
I credit October Gallery for my initial success in the By acknowledging dignity and humanity in my subjects,
world of art. Angelina Bell, who worked there, ordered I feel much like a documenter of our times. As an
my frst one hundred pieces for the Expo, which resulted American genre painter, it is important to me to provide
in a jump start for my career as an artist. I am a featured serenity when ofering a soft, subtle background or
artist on prime-time television, in craft journals and in art excitement in presenting a prominent image, but always
galleries. I have been a recipient of numerous awards striving to serve as a catalyst for thought and refection,
and have been inducted into a doll hall of fame. and believing that others may virtually join me in an
experience that will be, to them, very signifcant.
I have fashioned doll collections, each series having
personal meaning to me, as they represent my spirit (my E. B. Lewis
missionary work), my talent (the artistry in me), and my Visual Artist
heritage (the Afrocentric dolls). I recreated the people of New Jersey
Africa and the Caribbean in my Bamboo and Marketplace
Collection. The Quilter Doll pays homage to Harriet
Tubman, and all of my signature pieces have meaningful
and signifcant reasons for being.
Doris E. McGillan
Heritage Dolls
West Chester, PA
Gelede Mask, Yoruba, Nigeria
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Ethnic doll by Doris McGillan
I credit October Gallery for my initial success in the By acknowledging dignity and humanity in my subjects,
world of art. Angelina Bell, who worked there, ordered I feel much like a documenter of our times. As an
my frst one hundred pieces for the Expo, which resulted American genre painter, it is important to me to provide
in a jump start for my career as an artist. I am a featured serenity when ofering a soft, subtle background or
artist on prime-time television, in craft journals and in art excitement in presenting a prominent image, but always
galleries. I have been a recipient of numerous awards striving to serve as a catalyst for thought and refection,
and have been inducted into a doll hall of fame. and believing that others may virtually join me in an
experience that will be, to them, very signifcant.
I have fashioned doll collections, each series having
personal meaning to me, as they represent my spirit (my E. B. Lewis
missionary work), my talent (the artistry in me), and my Visual Artist
heritage (the Afrocentric dolls). I recreated the people of New Jersey
Africa and the Caribbean in my Bamboo and Marketplace
Collection. The Quilter Doll pays homage to Harriet
Tubman, and all of my signature pieces have meaningful
and signifcant reasons for being.
Doris E. McGillan
Heritage Dolls
West Chester, PA
Gelede Mask, Yoruba, Nigeria
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