| Biography
Doug Dawson was born in Oak Park, Ill. He
attended Macalester College in St. Paul, Minn. and Drake
University in Des Moine Iowa. He taught science and art for the
Denver Public schools for 6 years. He has taught art for Colorado
Institute of Art, Colorado Christian University, and The Art
Students League of Denver. He is a founding board member for the
The Art Students League of Denver, where he presently teaches a
Plein Air class. He teaches 8 to 10 workshops around the country
each year.
Doug Dawson has received numerous awards
from a number of different art organizations, including but not
limited to: The Pastel Society of America, American Watercolor
Society, Knickerbocker Artists, The National Academy of Western
Art, Southeastern Pastel Society, Pastel Society of West Coast,
Audubon Artists, Kansas Pastel Society, Pastel Society of the
Southwest, and the International Association of Pastel Societies.
To honor his achievements, he was given the title of
Master Pastelist by the
Pastel Society of America (NY, NY) in 1985 and awarded the title
of Master Circle by the International Association of Pastel
Societies in 2005 (California).
Doug Dawson is represented by the
Ventana Gallery in Santa
Fe, New Mexico;
Telluride Gallery, in
Telluride Colorado, The Corpus Christy Art Connection in Corpus
Christy Texas.
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