Evelyne boren biography samples

Old Mexico and New Mexico offer vibrant inspiration for Evelyne Boren’s paintings

By Gussie Fauntleroy

This story was featured in the June 2016 issue of Southwest Art magazine.

Evelyne boren biography samples

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You could say that Evelyne Boren rode into a highly successful, more than 50-year fine-art career on the backs of dolphins and one enormous loggerhead turtle.

Working as an underwater stunt double for movies and television in the 1960s—including James Bond films and the TV series Sea Hunt and Flipper—Boren was exposed to the brilliant colors of the Caribbean. In turn, those colors touched her in a way that left her no choice but to respond with exquisite colors in paint.

Since 1962, when she taught herself to use watercolors during long waits on location in the Bahamas, Boren has turned her eye to vividly hued scenes in