Debra Joyce Dawson
" . . . painting the looser side of realism"
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"Debra Joyce Dawson paints colorful, evocative outdoor landscapes. She travels extensively, and her paintings serve as a painterly record of a moment in time, whether it be in Asia, Europe, the Caribbean, or in her more local surroundings. Her medium of choice is oil, with preparatory sketches in graphite, charcoal, pen or watercolor. Some works are small and completed en plein air; while her studio works are larger and more complex in idea and execution. Her energy and delight in color, light, and shape are dazzling. But she never surrenders her subject, and each building, boat, hillside, or human figure is carefully pinned to the picture plane in the context of its surroundings. This places her in the best context of American Impressionism, whether one considers John Singer Sargent or Ohio’s own Alice Schille or Edward Henry Potthast."
                Susan Talbot-Stanoway, Ret. Director Zanesville Museum of Art_

"Morning Weeding, Franklin Park" Oil on Canvas 16" x 20" SOLD

"Kamelands, Morning" 12" x 16", Oil on RayMar Panel. Available through The Sharon Weiss Gallery.

"Tea Cart, Beechcliff Lodge" 10x10" Oil on RayMar Panel. Accepted into the 2015 Oil Painters of American Eastern Regional Juried at Eckert & Ross Fine Art, Indianapolis, IN.

“Fancy Dresses”, Oil on 8-ply Museum Board, 10" x 8”. Available through The Sharon Weiss Gallery.

Stratford Lily Series # 7: “Pas de Deux”, 6" x 6", Oil on Gessoboard. Accepted to the American Impressionist Society's 2015 National Juried.

Stratford Lily Series #8: “À la fin de l’après-midi”, 7" x 5”, Oil on Gessoboard