Dorothy Strauss

Dorothy Jean Strauss, a native New Yorker grew up in the Washington Heights area of New York City. After graduating from N.Y.U. she moved to Greenwich Village. Although her Masters is in literature, she has always loved painting and studied at Pratt, N.Y.U. and Montclair. Ms.Strauss taught English for thirty years in New York City before moving to Wellfleet.

"I care about the depth, vibrancy, intensity and juxtaposition of color so that there is always a brilliancy even in darkness."