Artist: Karen Dawson
Contact Info: Lakeside Gallery and Art Studio, 58 Wright Ave. Burlington, VT 05401,
Phone: 802-865-1208,
Email: dawson_artist@yahoo.com
Well, last NOVEMBER I went off the deep end... I finally wrote that novel-- the one that I've started three times.
But it aint' finished; far from it. Now, it's revising time!
A bit about me: My Mother was an art teacher, so I have been involved in the arts and art-making since before I can remember. Her wonderful color observation, color use--a little bit of all colors in every color--became part of the fabric. Color is arresting when it is right. Color leaves language and theory in the dust!
For the last 18 years I have been operating a visual art studio in the Lakeside Neighborhood, in Burlington, Vermont, with 30 to 50 paintings in the works at any given time. During the warm months I paint out doors. Studio refinement takes place in the winter, and in the run-up to exhibitions!
"He that sows sparingly shall also reap sparingly."
The job resume is a mile long—farming, real estate, teaching, and a thousand other things—but art is always at the root of my adventures in this world. I believe firmly in moving ahead on a variety of projects, the more the better. I have been an apprentice at a stained glass business (and here) for 9 years. Stained glass panels, murals and mosaics are part of the mix in my own studio.
I wish to "...Be the kind of person on whom nothing is lost," as John Keats once advised. Everything feeds my art, not the least of which, the 4 art classes a week I have been facilitating at the local correctional center since 1998. Through all of my work I hope to promote empathy, and a world view in which entropy and emergence can coexist; and most of all, find HOPE. We need an injection of sanity into our lives, and art can do that for us all.
Some favorite artists are Emily Carr, Wayne Thibaud, Friedensreich Hundertwasser, and Frank Gehry.
I’ll include a photo gallery here, and some articles, top ten movie list, and links here.
Here's a previous iteration of my site.
And if you care to, I've begun to dabble in the blogosphere. Heaven help us...