Dawn Rodger

Painting makes me happy. I become lost in a world of colour and texture. The frustrations and compromises of everyday life melt away. Hopefully people also experience that same sense of calmness and stillness by having a piece of my art on their wall. My artworks are in private collections in the UK, the US and around the world.

I was born and brought up in the United Kingdom, apart from a brief few years in Australia. I think the contrast between these two countries has informed my fascination with colour and light. Several years ago, I fell ill suddenly with encephalitis (an inflammation in the brain). I went from being a normal busy working mum to lying in intensive care unable to breathe for myself and with hardly any coordination. Since then, I have relearned how to breathe, talk, eat, write etc. The need to create has to continued to be the balm that soothes my frustrations as well as a way of improving my dexterity. My family and I now call North Devon home. Its big skies and coastal waters provide much inspiration.

Oil paint is the medium I love most. I find the smell of linseed oil has a calming effect. As the paint dries slowly, there is more time to manipulate it and so more scope to play with textures. I often use...

London Art College 2020-2022
Open College of Art - Painting 1 2009
BSc Psychology & Sociology, Brunel University London 1993-1997
Paint Club, Brunel University London 1994-1996
BA Visual Studies, Edith Cowan University, Perth, Australia 1992-1993

Westward Ho! & Bideford Art Society Open Exhibition,
The Burton Art Gallery and Museum, Bideford, Devon (24th August-13th October 2024)
ArtMakers TURNER NOW exhibition,
Art Upstairs Gallery, Bideford, Devon (July-September 2024)
Westward Ho! & Bideford Art Society Centennial Exhibition,
The Burton Art Gallery and Museum, Bideford, Devon (July-August 2022)
Twitter Art Exhibit #tae22,
The Hiscox Building, York, Yorkshire (June 2022)
Westward Ho! & Bideford Art Society Annual Exhibition,
The Burton Art Gallery and Museum, Bideford, Devon (June 2020)
RNLI Exhibition, North Devon Yacht Club, Instow, Devon (October 2019)
7th Affordable S.art Sale Exhibition
All Saints Studios, St Albans, Hertfordshire (July 2017)
6th Affordable S.art Sale Exhibition
All Saints Studios, St Albans, Hertfordshire (April 2017)