Barbara Dawson

My art explores a connection with landscape and the environment. I combine the visuals and stories of place and memory. My inspiration of place can use the distant mountains, the wetlands and shorelines of Jervis Bay or the forests of the National Parks. My artwork uses the evocative and subdued effects of layered colour and texture. This can include print processes such as plant prints, etchings or collographs. Drawing or stitching are often added as a means of mapping and recording my responses. It is through the layering of different procedures that I am able to make my own model of a particular landscape.

Originally from Canberra I have been living and creating art in the Jervis Bay area for nine years.

I gained my Visual Art Degree at the Canberra School of Art, ANU as a mature-age student and went on to study a Graduate Diploma and Master of Education. I spent twenty years in Canberra schools teaching visual art, media studies and photo media.

I have exhibited my art in selected, group and solo exhibitions since 1998. My work can be found in ACT Government and private collections around Australia and overseas.

From 2017 to 2020 I was the Secretary/Publicity Officer for Jervis Bay Arts until this organisation disbanded. In 2018-2019 I was a community representative on the Shoalhaven Arts Board.

My most recent artwork can currently be found at Huskisson Gallery and Shoalhaven Regional Gallery, Nowra.