I was born in Ottawa and have lived there all my life. My interest in art began in high school.  Many years later I remembered how much I had once loved art and began taking evening classes in oil painting at a local high school. Since then I have been painting every spare minute I get. I paint from photographs and other reference materials that, from the moment I see them, leave me feeling compelled to capture, in my own colorfully vibrant way, the beauty that I see there. I love to paint nature but painting is in my nature.

I am a member of Arts Ottawa East, the Ottawa Art Association and the Aylmer Arts Council. I was juried into the 2005 and 2006 Selections Exhibitions at the Cumberland and Gloucester Galleries. I participated in the 2006 and 2007 Colour the Canal Shows, in the 2007 and 2008 Orleans Studio Tours and the 2009 Images sur toile. I have created several commissioned works and many of my paintings are in private collections.

Website: http://ottawaartassoc.ca/gallery/artists/doreen-dyet.htm
Email: doreen.dyet@gmail.com