oil pastel Crossing the Line
by Dawn Lawrence


  As a professional artist, I had always wanted to try my hand at oil paints but had shied away from them due to an allergy to solvents and chemical mediums. Imagine my joy when I discovered a product that is not only safe but pleasant to use. I find Zest-it a great medium for thinning paints and that it surpasses white spirit for cleaning brushes gently.

Dawn Lawrence

Monmartre is painted with Oil Pastels and Zest-it®

oil pastel

 

Dawn Lawrence
 An artist whose work has been inspired by both William Wyllie and Martin Snape, Dawn’s passion for marine subjects gives her the scope for the dramatic play of light and water.
Using a variety of techniques including acrylic, watercolour and mixed media, she has undertaken commissions for the Royal Navy and foreign navies including those of Holland and Germany.  She has also recently completed a series of commissions for the newly acquired “Upholder” Class submarines of the Royal Canadian Navy,
In April 2001, she won a prestigious award from the Laing Group at the Mall Galleries, London.
Dawn has embarked in ships at sea in order to capture the daily lives of their ship’s companies and witness operations of their embarked aircraft. She undertakes commissions and sells her work to both the public and private collections world-wide.

Exhibited work at:
The Traditionalists Exhibition – McNeill Artmasters Art Gallery, The R.N. Fleet Air Arm Museum Yeoviltonm, Rowan’s Hospice, Riverside Gallery – Port Solent, The Marine Gallery, Cowes, Own Exhibition – The Old Lodge, The Mall Galleries, London, The Wyllie Gallery, London

Dawn can be contacted at Fort Cottage, Crescent Road, Alverstoke, Hants. Tel : 023 92 583900
All paintings are copyright Dawn Lawrence


We would like to thank Dawn for the use of her painting  "Monmartre" using Oil Pastel and Zest-it.

 

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