Self-taught artist Deirdre Imus resumed painting following the 2019 death of her husband, Don Imus, a radio personality and television show host. In 2021, she developed a technique called “stranding,” or “strand of emotion painting,” through which she emphasizes gestures and abstraction over literal representation. Like Mystic of the American West, the horse functions less as a descriptive subject than as a vehicle for emotional expression. Imus has said, “I’m not interested in painting the horse as it actually appears. I’m merely painting the attitude, emotion, remnant.”
In addition to her artistic career, she is an author, health advocate, and philanthropist. Imus’s paintings are featured in Courtney Collins Fine Art, Big Sky, Montana, and the Schoonover Gallery Fine Art, Steamboat Springs, Colorado, among other venues.
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