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Erin Dolan
dolan.erin@gmail.com
www.erindolanartstudio.com
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Place of birth: Smithtown, New York
Lived in Hawaii since July 2008
Occupation: Painter/Art Educator

Artist Statement
I still remember the first oil painting I ever made…but more importantly, I remember the process of oil painting. I recall in that first experience how much I loved the physicality of paint. Today, I continue to explore paint in a much similar fashion.  Color and environment are key elements that I continue to investigate as well. I look to the natural world and the urban world to create color combinations that not only work, but also challenge the composition. Travel is another key element that continues to inform my work more than I even realize. The contrast in natural places and urban cities plays out in my work through the color combinations that I choose and the mark making gestures on canvas. My response to my environment continually flips as I communicate my conflict in finding a surreal balance between urban and natural places.

EXHIBITIONS
“Big Apple-Big Island” preview show Honoka’a, Hawaii March 2009.
“Eco Awareness’ Art Auction” Milk Studios, New York, New York August 2007.
“Eco Vision” Parish Art Museum, Southampton, New York June 2007. 
“Art of Wine” Blizmax Gallery, Picton, Canada August 2002.
“Art of Wine” Blizmax Gallery, Picton, Canada August 2001.
“Open Studio Group Exhibit” – NYU New York November 2001.
“BFA Exhibition” Pollock Gallery, Southern Methodist University, Dallas, Texas May 1998
Solo Exhibit, “Matters of Color” – Coffee Haus, Dallas, Texas 1998, 
Solo Exhibit “Seeing into the Landscape”- Coffee Haus, Dallas, Texas 1997.

AWARDS
Zelle Art Award 1996-97, 1997-98.
Standard Club of Dallas Award- “Excellence in Visual Arts 1997”.
SMU in Taos, NM- awarded scholarship to attend plein-air painting course summer 1997.
Location of works on Display: Currently showing work at the Firehouse gallery.