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Colleen J Dyson

Canada
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Painting/Drawing - Landscape
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Mountain Vista
16x20
oil
$750
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Wandering Stream V
14x18
oil
$600
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Yukon Gold
14x18
oil
$600
Painting/Drawing - Figurative/People
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El Feria
24x30
oil
$1800
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The Face Painter
24x24
oil
$1500
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Waiting for the 4:55
24x30
oil
$1800
Painting/Drawing - Nautical
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Days End
36x24
oil
$2250
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Moored
24x18
oil
$1000
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Sails at Rest IV
24x18
oil
$1000
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Artist Statement

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My work reflects my obsession with light and colour. I am intrigued by how light reveals form, creates pattern, and establishes mood. The drama of dark tones versus the magic of light ones, and how light diffuses, bleaches, or disappears to reveal the subtleties of colour. And in colour, the transition between harmonious colours, the vibration between warm and cool, and the shock of opposites.
I do my own photography, so the images I choose must be well shadowed and dramatically sun-lit. My challenge is to not only exaggerate the sunlight on the subject, and to describe its transparency, but to also show the subtle value changes that express the drama that I am looking for.  Some of these paintings were done on a black canvas which allows me to bring the image out of the dark surface resulting in very distinctive dark areas, satisfying my obsession with the light.


​Bio

AFCA SCA
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Being born and raised in the heart of the Okanagan Valley has offered Colleen many areas of inspiration. Her technique is still evolving. Painting realism for the first few years and earning a few awards was inspiring, but the need to push and grow was overwhelming for her at times.

Changing her medium to oils at this time was very beneficial and she has never looked back.

Her travels to Costa Rica and the Canadian West Coast have inspired her to step out of her comfort
zone completely. Initially painting Still Life and Florals, she is now on to boats, seascapes, vineyards
and, waterways. She and her work are works-in-progress and will be for some time as she works to bring her new favourite big brushes to her painting style. These aren’t mere “pictures”: they are moments in time, short-lived and ephemeral. But once apprehended into an impassioned painting, able to be revisited and relived on demand. Mentoring classes and teaching various workshops have added another element to her craft.

Colleen holds memberships in several art organizations and heads up a local art group. Her work can be found on numerous online Art Societies as well as in private and corporate collections in Canada, the United States, Costa Rica, the United Kingdom, and has been featured in a variety of publications.

AWARDS

2022 - Award of Excellence, COC Ode to Spring Show, West Kelowna, BC
- Honourable Mention, First People’s Choice, TSNC Regional Show, Kamloops, BC

2021 - Best Cityscape, COC OASIS Show, Peachland, BC
- First Place, TNSC Regional Show, Kamloops, BC

2020 - Second People’s Choice, TNSC Regional Show, Kamloops, BC
2019 - Honourable Mention, TNSC National show, Kamloops, BC
- Best in Show, Gold, COC Autumn Show, Kelowna, BC

2018 - Honourable Mention, COC OASIS Show, Peachland, BC
- First Prize, TNSC Regional Show, Kamloops, BC
- Second Prize, TNSC Regional Show, Kamloops, BC

SELECT JURIED SHOWS:

2022 - KPSS Group Show, Peachland Art Gallery, Peachland, BC, Jan 29 - Mar 13
- COC Ode to Spring Show, Grizzli Winery, West Kelowna, BC, Feb 28 - Mar 29

2021 - TNSC Regional Show, Courthouse Gallery, Kamloops, BC, April 13 - 24
- COC OASIS Show, Peachland Art Gallery, Peachland, BC, June 26 - July 31

2020 - FCA Bloom Show, FCA Gallery, Vancouver, BC, Mar 31 - Apr 12
- SCA International Online Exhibition, Mar 14 - June 15
- FCA Artists Choice Show, FCA Gallery, Vancouver, BC, Feb

2019 - Oil Painters of America Fall 2019 Online International Showcase, OPA Online Gallery, Dec
- NOAPS Online International Show, Dec
- FCA Signature Medal Show, FCA Gallery, Vancouver, BC, Nov 26 - Dec 15

Workshops/Classes Offered
Small private classes are offered. See details at www.colleenjdyson.com
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