ARTIST STATEMENT:
	My life has always been about unveiling the soul of simple themes and the interplay of elements that define my immediate surroundings, travels and everyday encounters.  I am drawn to the people, the simple objects and the juxtaposition of elements that usually go unseen. Incorporating my years of experience as an award winning fiber artist, I aspire to translate that insight into paintings incorporating texture, color and layering techniques.  Whether conveying the sensuous silhouette of an old stone church tower against the moon bright night sky, patterns of pillows sprawled across a couch, or a teapot glowing in the light of a suggested window, I strive to capture the energy within. It has been a self taught journey, listening to what I am drawn to has to reveal. A simple church within a cold dark hill or the roll of a soft hill greeting a glassy lake beckons me along an artistic path of personal discovery.  The bright, the expressive, and the primitive speak strongest to me, becoming the voice of my spirit in two dimensions.
	BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION:
	Dawson's career in art began as a fiber artist. She created sculptural two and three dimensional pieces, using materials she dyed herself. She enjoyed numerous awards for her fiber art through the eight years she worked in the arena. Like so many others, Dawson left one arena and entered another. She carried with her her love of texture, color and layering. Each of these are strong elements in her painting. For the past five years, Dawson has worked in acrylic and is excited with the opportunities it lends her. Recently, Wendy Blazier of the Boca Raton Museum of Art, wrote: "Dawson's 'Moon on a Mission' evidences great painterly technique. There is looseness and surety balanced by gestural control." Candace Russell, reviewing the annual Broward Art Guild exhibit for City Link magazine, cites the wonders of her painting, "Glowing" as follows: "It is all about the luster of pears and the sensuous of their forms." Dawson's work is in many private collections and she has exhibited in numerous shows throughout South Florida where she maintains her winter studio, garnering the occasional award. In Florida she has been represented by Gallery Yes and Studio 19 in Fort Lauderdale and Scott Laurent Gallery in Winter Park, and is currently represented in Fort Lauderdale at Art Expressions. In Maine where she spends her summers at her studio in Union, she has been represented by Saturday Cove Fine Arts in Northport and Thomas Spencer Gallery in Yarmouth and currently by Kimber Gallery in Rockland.