About Debra Joyce Dawson

I paint colorful outdoor landscapes. Whether working in the studio or en plein air my medium of choice is oil. Before painting, preparatory sketches or drawings in graphite, charcoal, ballpoint pen, or watercolor ease the way into the oil paintings which are executed using a palette knife and/or brushes. My art conveys a sense of energy through texture that stems from a wide variety of mark making.

I am an Ohio artist who travels and paints on site. A feature article about my six weeks plein air trip to India can be found in the January 2006 issue of American Artist Magazine! This coming winter I will spend four weeks painting in the North of India and in the Kingdom of Bhutan. My third solo exhibition at the Sharon Weiss Gallery in Columbus, OH opens in June 2007. Contact me to purchase a copy of the hardcover book "The Land We Call Ohio".

I paint colorful outdoor landscapes. Whether working in the studio or en plein air my medium of choice is oil. Before painting, preparatory sketches or drawings in graphite, charcoal, ballpoint pen, or watercolor ease the way into the oil paintings which are executed using a palette knife and/or brushes. My art conveys a sense of energy through texture that stems from a wide variety of mark making. I am an Ohio artist who travels and paints on site. A feature article about my six weeks plein air trip to India can be found in the January 2006 issue of American Artist Magazine! This coming winter I will spend four weeks painting in the North of India and in the Kingdom of Bhutan. My third solo exhibition at the Sharon Weiss Gallery in Columbus, OH opens in June 2007. Contact me to purchase a copy of the hardcover book "The Land We Call Ohio".		Biography Debra Joyce Dawson, 52 Lookout Lane, Pataskala, OH 43062 740.927.3078; cell 740-730-1791 WORKSHOPS: " May 30 - 31: Plein Air Workshop, Cincinnati Email : workshops@cincinnatiartclub.com to reserve a space See more of Debra's work on the Ohio Plein Air Society website: http://www.ohiopleinairsociety.com/member_pages/dawson/dawson.htm Link to Tahski Delek article: "Painting Bhutan" pgs. 38 - 42 http://www.tashidelek.in/pdfs/july07.pdf Link to March issue of CreateBetterPaintings.com article: "Artist to Artist" http://www.createbetterpaintings.com Energetic, exciting and colorful are all words that immediately come to mind when you first see Debra Joyce Dawsons oil paintings. From her landscapes painted on location to her figurative works created in the studio, Debras artwork always conveys her passion for the mood and atmosphere she finds in her subjects. Constantly challenging herself to keep her work fresh with new subject matter, Debra frequently travels the world in search of a heart-stopping moment of light on the land or an arresting face or costume. Having already painted extensively in Europe, Asia, Puerto Rico, and throughout North America, she has completed a second painting excursion to India and Bhutan in early 2007. This past year, Debras work was included in exhibitions at the National Arts Club in New York City, and in Vermont at the Bennington Arts Centers Artists Abroad Invitational Exhibition, in the Peninsula Art School's Invitational Door County Plein Air Festival in Fish Creek, Wisconsin, as well as upcoming participation in Cincinnati Art Clubs ViewPoint 2007 and Ohio Landscapes at Ohios Springfield Museum. Recent awards were received at the 5th Worldwide Paintout Competition, Niagara Falls, Ontario, the 4th Ohio Plein Air Society Competition (OPAS), and a Best of Show at the 07 OPAS Winter Juried Exhibition in Columbus, OH. In recent years, she was also selected to paint in the national Plein Air Easton! A juried competition held in Maryland, served as Artist-in-Residence for Michigans Hiawatha National Forest, and was one of six central Ohio artists who worked on the 2003 Bicentennial Paint Ohio Project. Painting since Santa brought her that first set of oil paints in 5th grade, Debra pursued formal art training in Maryland and New Jersey. Marriage brought her from her home state of Maryland to Ohio, where she returned to the study of art at Capital University, Denison University, and at the Columbus College of Art and Design. Today she continues her education by taking workshops with many plein-air masters, such as Ken Cadwallader, OPA, Mark Hanson, OPA, Frank LaLumia, Ken Auster and Carolyn Anderson. Debras dedication to excellence in art has resulted in numerous awards and accolades. Her paintings are included in the permanent collections of the Ohio Supreme Court, Ohio Historical Society, Central Ohio Diabetes Association, Hiawatha National Forest, Munising, MI, Westerville Public Library and University Hospital, Baltimore, MD; in private collections around the U.S., the Caribbean, Canada, England and New Zealand; and have been reproduced as limited-edition prints, calendars, and greeting cards and in such publications as American Artist Magazine, Tashi Delek Magazine, Plein Air Magazine, and a book titled The Land We Call Ohio, among others. For the past three years, Debras work has also been selected for inclusion in the prestigious Oil Painters of Americas national and regional exhibitions. A believer in giving back to the community of artists, Debra is a founding member, immediate past president, and current Chair of the Board of Trustees of The Ohio Plein Air Society. Debras fourth solo exhibition at the Sharon Weiss Gallery in Columbus, Ohio is scheduled for June 2008. The G.C. Lucas Gallery in Indianapolis, Indiana, also represents her work. Read her Blog: http://prismatic-palette.blogspot.com/ Find Art Groups at ArtChain.com Debra is a member of Landscape Artists International, Oil Painters of America, National Oil and Acrylic Painters Society, Indiana Plein Air Painters Association, and Ohio Plein Air Society.