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Dawn Willis

Dawn Willis

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Photographer & Mixed Media Artist

Dawn Willis studied photography, painting and printmaking at New York City’s School of Visual Arts. Although her early published work involved celebrity photographs, she has for many years focused on our immediate surroundings.

Her photography is notable for its unusual subject matter, strong sense of composition and the vivid, heavily saturated colors that blur the distinction between object and abstraction.

A self-proclaimed Polaroid Junkie, Ms. Willis also enjoys the various Polaroid processes, including Instant Image Transfers and photographs using the Polaroid SX-70 camera, which produces images that can be manipulated.

In addition to photography, her recent work has focused on using various mixed media techniques to create large abstract pieces, as well as pieces using cabochons, lace, found objects, and Steampunk cogs and gears.

From 2012 to 2015 Ms. Willis served as Art Curator for the Town of Southeast Cultural Arts Coalition’s Studio Around the Corner in Brewster, NY. She also has held the position of Director of the Studio’s Visual Arts Committee.  Ms. Willis is on the Putnam Arts Council’s Board of Trustees, as well as, a member of the Visual Arts Gallery Committee. Along with Executive Director & President of PAC, Joyce Picone, Dawn created CONNECT: a forum for visual artists.

In addition to being in private collections, her work has been exhibited at the Putnam Arts Council where she was the Featured Artist for over a year and a half along with a large mixed media piece in PAC’s foyer, Arts on The Lake, the Front Street Gallery’s Summer Invitational Exhibit 2016, Kine Buddies, the now defunct G.A.S. Gallery in Poughkeepsie, NY, and the Brewster Library. Before being named Art Curator, her work was exhibited in a solo show, ‘The Edgy Side of Life“, as well as group shows at Studio Around the Corner.

ARTIST STATEMENT

“Although much of my recent work is mixed media most of my early work, which I continue to do today, is photography.

“Unlike many artists, my desire is for the viewer to see what they see in my work, rather than dictate what I believe they should see.

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About the Putnam Arts Council

The Putnam Arts Council (PAC) is a not-for-profit arts service organization chartered in 1963 by the NY State Department of Education. PAC is a voice for the arts in Putnam County and maintains a leadership role in fostering, funding, promoting and developing the visual, performing and literary arts in Putnam County and the region. The Putnam Arts Council is partially supported with public funds received from Putnam County and with public funds from the NYS Council on the Arts with support from the Governor's office and the NYS Legislature. Additional revenue is generated through membership, programs, special events, fundraising, and with contributions from the public and private sectors.

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Phone: 845-803-8622 General Office Hours: Tuesday - Friday,  12:30pm-5:30pm & weekends by appointment Gallery Hours:  Please see specific show for details on gallery visiting hours here. Our Location: 521 Kennicut Hill Road, Mahopac, NY 10541

What’s new?

  • Winter Classes January 11, 2023
  • Featured Artist January 11, 2023

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