Carol Dawson
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Wally's Peonies
Still Life Explosion
Life and Death
Falling Bouquet
Dead White
Peonies in Lamplight
Aloe's Bouquet
Angelskin
White
Marie Antoinette
Violet
Green
Gold •
Wading: White-faced Ibis
Big Hello: Chickadee
Peering: Green Heron •
Wading: Reddish Egret
So Sweet: Female American Redstart •
Eagle Owl
Teetering: Titmouse
Autumn House Finch
Female Cardinal IV
Female Cardinal III
Grackle I
Grackle II
Scrub Jay
Tree Sparrow
American Tree Sparrow
In the Fairy Forest II: Twilight Poppy
In the Fairy Forest I
Path Toward Light
Wally's Peonies, 2024
watercolor on paper, 22 x 30 inches, 29 x 37 framed, $4000
Still Life Explosion, 2024
watercolor on paper, 26 x 20 inches, 33 x 27 framed, $3200
Life and Death, 2024
watercolor on paper, 22.25 x 30 inches, 29.25 x 37 framed, $4000
Falling Bouquet, 2024
watercolor on paper, 40 x 26 inches, 47 x 33 framed, $4800
Dead White, 2024
watercolor on paper, 20 x 20 inches, 26.5 x 26.5 framed, $2500
Peonies in Lamplight, 2024
watercolor on paper, 30 x 41 inches, 36 x 48 framed, $5200
Aloe's Bouquet, 2024
watercolor on paper, 20.75 x 29 inches, 27.75 x 37 framed, $3800
Angelskin, 2022
watercolor, 22 x 30 inches, 29 x 36.5 inches framed, $3500
White, 2022
watercolor, 22 x 30 inches, 29 x 36.5 inches framed, $3500
Marie Antoinette, 2022
watercolor, 30.25 x 45 inches, $5500
Violet, 2022
watercolor, 22 x 30 inches, 29 x 36.5 inches framed, $3500
Green, 2022
watercolor, 22 x 30 inches, 29 x 36.5 inches framed, $3500
Gold, 2022
watercolor, 30 x 45 inches, sold
Wading: White-faced Ibis, 2020
watercolor, 44.5 x 33.5 inches, 54.5 x 43.2 inches framed, $5200
Big Hello: Chickadee, 2020
watercolor, 30 x 22 inches; 36 x 28 3/4 inches framed, $2800
Peering: Green Heron, 2020
watercolor, 44.5 x 33.5 inches unframed, 54.5 x 43.2 inches framed, sold
Wading: Reddish Egret, 2020
watercolor, 51.5 x 33.5 inches unframed, 61 x 43.5 inches framed, $5800
So Sweet: Female American Redstart, 2020
watercolor, 22.5 x 20 1/4 inches, 28 3/4 x 26 inches framed, sold
Eagle Owl, 2018
watercolor on paper, 46 x 32 inches, 50 x 37 inches framed, $4800
Teetering: Titmouse, 2020
watercolor, 40 x 32 inches unframed, 41 3/4 x 33 3/4 inches framed, $4500
Autumn House Finch, 2019
watercolor on paper, 30 x 22 inches unframed, $2800
Female Cardinal IV, 2017
watercolor on paper, 40 x 33 inches, 46 x 39 inches framed, $4200
Female Cardinal III, 2016
watercolor on paper, 40 x 33 image unframed, $3650
Grackle I, 2016
watercolor on paper, 40 x 33 unframed, $3650
Grackle II, 2016
watercolor on paper, 40 x 33 unframed, $3650
Scrub Jay, 2016
watercolor on paper, 32 x 40 inches, $4000
Tree Sparrow, 2016
watercolor on paper, 50 x 40 unframed, $5250
American Tree Sparrow, 2016
watercolor on paper, 42 x 33 image unframed, $3550
In the Fairy Forest II: Twilight Poppy, 2020
watercolor, 16 x 12 inches unframed, $600
In the Fairy Forest I , 2020
watercolor, 12 x 16 inches unframed, $600
Path Toward Light, 2017
watercolor, 46 x 40 inches, 49 x 43 inches framed, $5200
About the artist...
View Carol's 2022 Artist Talk and Tour.
View Carol's 2020 Artist Talk and Tour.
Tour Carol's Blanco home studio, and View her backyard birding observations.
View the virtual tour of Carol's 2018 show.
Read the article in UT's Biodiversity blog about Carol's Tower Girl: Peregrine Falcon here and view the Tower Girl live cam here.
Read the review in ArtProfiler here.
View the virtual tour of Carol's 2016 show here.
Carol gave a wonderful talk describing the duality of being a literary and visual artist. It is available for you to listen to on our blog.
Dawson aims to transform the perception of commonplace natural scenes into one of new wonder. She demonstrates how a small piece of our everyday world is filled with detail and life, turning the micro into macro. Dawson employs birds as well as botanicals as her subjects. She depicts the birds on a human-like scale. The effect not only captures their immediate beauty but lends each an inescapable presence. As iconic as birds have been throughout human cultural development--occupying an archetypal place in our psyches—they are often seen as small, distant creatures, forever flitting beyond reach. However, in Dawson’s work, they confront the viewer eye-to-eye, ensuring a new consideration. Dawson hopes that the viewer will perhaps feel as if he or she is facing an equal--a bird meeting another bird on its own ground--and remember that the conservation of this dwindling population is of primary importance to us.
After studying English Literature and Anthropology at The University of Texas in Austin, Dawson went on to launch her writing career, live abroad in Europe and New Zealand, and formally train under the tutelage of painters Ray Vinella and John Koenig in Taos, New Mexico. She is the author of four critically acclaimed novels and two non-fiction books. In addition, she has published numerous articles in national magazines, while simultaneously exhibiting her watercolors in galleries and shows in New Mexico, Washington, and Texas. She has also served as the official Writer-in-Residence and Visiting Professor of Literature and Creative Writing at The College of Santa Fe, and continues to instruct writing workshops and classes.
Dawson has been focusing on watercolor for thirty years. Her visual work is represented in public and private collections across the country.