"I am a full-time artist working in oils. My
paintings are traditional and are limited in my use of color. I want them to be
about the scene, not flashes of color for the sake of a decor. I paint
landscapes, figures and still lives and sell my work in galleries. I also teach
painting workshops in the south, and enjoy sharing my love for painting with
others. My painting style is realism, but it's not tight. It is painterly with
a limited pallet, usually 3-4 colors. My landscape plein air work is looser than
the large studio paintings that are produced from plein air studies and
photographs. My still life work is painted directly from life over 2-3 sittings
and within a day or two. Landscapes sometimes take longer as most are larger. I
love what I do and hope that it shows the feeling that I have for my subject
matter in my paintings."
Dot Courson is a full-time professional artist and her
award winning paintings are in collections all over the United States and
abroad. From her Hidden Creek Studio in
Pontotoc, MS she paints, teaches, and provides workshops to other artists from
all over the US. She travels to paint and to teach workshops, and has been a
featured speaker, and is in private collections in Museums and Galleries all
over the south. As a featured artist, she is represented by Southern Breeze
Gallery in Ridgeland/Jackson, MS.She
has been in numerous “one-woman shows” yearly. In 2010 she won the Mississippi
Painter’s Society “Best in Show” at the Gumtree Museum of Art in Tupelo,
MS.
In 2008 Dot was
recipient of the Tennessee Art League
Award at the Tennessee Art Commission
National Exhibition. At the first ’08
Obama/ McCain Presidential Debate in Oxford, MS., Dot was the artist
selected by the Mississippi Development
Authority- Division of Tourism, to represent all Mississippi
artists.In 2010 the American Women Artists selected Dot
to show in the the National juried exhibition and show. The show will hang in
Dallas Texas from October 9- November 9, 2010 at the Southwest Gallery.
About Trekell brushes:
"Brushes are important to me- the tools I use every day.
I found the Trekell hog bristle brushes
through my artist friend, Timothy Tyler. He had
put them on his supply list for his workshop students, and he said he liked them
a lot. So I first ordered a set in filberts, and then I ordered my favorites
sizes in flats…Over time I’ve ordered various types that are on the website -and
I like them all. I still use all those
same brushes. I highly recommended them
to my students and encourage artist friends to try them because they are good
quality “workhorse” brushes.Trekell brushes are also a good value, and they will stand up
to rough use over time."
