Doreen Kinkade
Doreen first became involved in the art world in 1974 when she signed up for adult art education classes in Ontario, California. Her talented teacher, Dee Cole, opened a new world to her. She learned Batik, off-loom weaving, fabric collage, and slab pottery in three years. In 1991, while living in Iowa and John in Desert Storm, she took a class in reed basket weaving. Doreen teaches basket weaving to adults at the Mesquite Fine Arts Pottery Studio. She loves to teach people who think, "I can't do that." Seeing their faces when they leave with a beautiful finished basket is very rewarding. Doreen and John moved to Mesquite in 2003, where she found the Mesquite Fine Arts Gallery, and she took up pottery again. Doreen is an active potter who can be found volunteering at the Pottery Studio. Doreen also enjoys Art quilting; her latest interest is making original cards.