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August Demo Artist
Dottie Hawthorne
Dotty works in pastel, watercolor, and oil. Her paintings have been displayed and won numerous awards in local, regional and national juried shows. She is represented by and is co-owner of The Gallery at the Network in San Luis Obispo. She is also represented by Old Pueblo Frameworks and Gallery in Tucson, Arizona.
Dotty frequently demonstrates at area art associations. She has taken part in juried plein air painting festivals and participates in the Open Studios Tour of Arts Obispo. Her paintings have been featured in nationally distributed publications such as INTERNATIONAL ARTIST Magazine, WATERCOLOR Magazine published by American Artist, North Light Magazine and in "SPLASH 5; The Glory of Color published by Northlight Books.
Focusing on environmental concerns, Dotty is active in SLOPE (San Luis Outdoor Painters' Enterprise) and in ARTCENCO, a monthly critique group. She is a Signature Member of the Pastel Society of the West Coast and the Central Coast Watercolor Society, a juried Artist Member of The California Art Club and a member of CIVA (Christians in the Visual Arts) and the Oil, Pastel and Acrylic Group of the San Luis Art Association.
Ms. Hawthorne graduated from Wheaton College, Wheaton, Illinois, with a BA in Art, earned a Certificate of Completion from North Light Art School, and has taken workshops from leading painters including Arne Nybak, Don O'Neil, Polly Hammet, Robert Reynolds, Libby Tolley, Jim Kosvanec, Skip Lawrence, Albert Handell, Kitty Wallis and Ray Roberts and Gabor Svagrik.
Dotty has illustrated several books written by her daughters on Latin American village life. "Portraits of a Peruvian Town in Words and Watercolor" written by Shelley Hawthorne was published by Dog City Press, and "Walk These Stones; Encounters
(Content courtesy of dottyhawthorne.com)
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