Since becoming a professional artist in 1996, Dawn has exhibited her pastel work in numerous national and international shows, and she is now represented in many fine private collections. She has participated in several \ museum shows, including the American Academy of Equine Art’s Museum of the Horse annual shows in Lexington, Kentucky, The Wildlife Experience Museum Shows in Parker, Colorado, and The Leigh Yawkey Woodson Art Museum “Birds in Art” show in Wausau, Wisconsin. Dawn's passion is for expressing motion and mood in her work, whether it be animals, people, or landscape.
Her professional affiliations include "Signature Member"status with the Pastel Society of America, the Pastel Society of the West Coast, and the American Academy of Equine Art, and she is an "Associate Member" with the Society of Animal Artists. Dawn is honored to have received two prestigious “Sam Savitt Awards” for her equine art at the Museum of the Horse in Lexington, Kentucky, and the “Best of Show Award” for a figurative piece in The Pastel Journal’s “ Best 100” in that international magazine’s 2006 annual competition. Her work has been featured in many articles and publications, including the book A Painters’ Guide to Design and Composition by Northlight Publications (2006). Look for her as the featured artist in the upcoming May/June 2008 issue of the Wildlife Artist Magazine.
Dawn lives with her husband, Bruce, and various animals in Terrebonne, Oregon on five acres near Smith Rock State Park, and is represented by the Mockingbird Gallery in Bend, OR.
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