rosanne DOLAN
ARTIST STATEMENT
My extensive training in figure and still life has led me to delight in aspects of both the natural and man-made world. I use colour and value contrasts in bold ways that can be evocative, suggestive, subjective and/or imaginative. Colour is my muse and my work habitually manipulates colour for impact and playfulness. Along with colour, I embrace textures, those created by paint and brush, by collage, and real textures that I apply directly to the canvas. I also explore the image in its relationship to both the canvas surface and illusions of depth.
I believe that everything I see is subject to interpretation, and, although I treasure the identity of things, I am not necessarily loyal to their details or environment. I would like viewers to engage beyond the first glance, to see what I have or have not done to an image and its surroundings to change what is assumed.
BIOGRAPHY
I have drawn and painted since I was a child, so it naturally followed that I would study art and work for a time in one of its many related fields as a secondary school visual arts teacher. I studied in Ontario at the University of Windsor and York University in Toronto, achieving an Honours BA with a major in Fine Arts from York University. Thereafter, I continued my art studies as a part-time student at the Ontario College of Art in Toronto for several years. I left teaching in 2007 to pursue my own art practise.
art of
rosanne DOLAN
STAGE LEFT QUEUE
acrylic and mixed media, 18”x24”
$580
SILENCE
acrylic and mixed media, 16”x20”
$430
OF INTENT
acrylic and collage, 24”x36”
$950
CERTAIN RETURN
acrylic and mixed media, 30”x24”
$825
DAYBREAK
acrylic and mixed media, 12”x12”
$195
TIME ON WATER
acrylic and mixed media, 36”x12”
$580
IN MY CORNER
acrylic paint and collage, framed, 24″x18″, $600
ADJUSTING THE STORY
acrylic paint and mixed media on canvas, framed, 24”x 36”, $945
IMITATION
acrylic paint and mixed media on gallery canvas, 20”x16”, $400
MIDNIGHT TAXI
acrylic paint on canvas, framed, 24”x30”, $790.
A HABIT OF FORGIVENESS
acrylic paint and mixed media on gallery canvas, 20”x16”, $400
WHAT WAS NOT SAID
acrylic paint and mixed media on canvas, framed, 18”x24”, $600
WHERE CAN YOU SEE MY WORK?
The Colborne Art Gallery is the primary location to view my art. The gallery has 5 different shows from March through December with all artists presenting new work for each show. Additionally, small pieces are available thoughout the year in the Member’s Shop.
MEMBERSHIPS
- Colborne Art Gallery Co-operative, Colborne, ON (2020 – present)
- Spirit of the Hills Art Association, Northumberland County ON (2015 – present)
EXHIBITS & SHOWS (past & present)
- Pomona Restaurant, Colborne, ON (2022 – present) group show
- Queenie’s Bake Shop, Port Hope, ON (2024) solo show
- Port Hope Library, Port Hope, ON (2024) group exhibition
- Trent Hills Library, Warkworth Branch, Warkworth, ON (2018 – 2023) – group show
- Cobourg BIA Storefronts, Cobourg, ON (2021, 2022) – group show
- Caper’s Restaurant, Campbellford, ON (2018, 2021) – group show
- Northumberland Hospital, Cobourg, ON (2016, 2017, 2019, 2022 – 2024) – group show
- Art Gallery of Northumberland, Cobourg, ON (2021) – juried group show
- Port Hope Arts Festival, Port Hope, ON (2021 – 2024) – group show
- Port Hope Arts Festival, Port Hope, ON (2019, 2020) – juried group show
- Northumberland Art Gallery, Port Hope, ON (2019) – group show
- Parrott Gallery, Belleville, ON (2018, 2019, 2024) – juried group show
- Northumberland Festival of the Arts, Northumberland County, ON (2017, 2019, 2022, 2024) – group show
- Waterfront Festival, Cobourg, ON (2016, 2018, 2019, 2023) – group show
- Caper’s Restaurant, Campbellford, ON (2017, 2022, 2024) – solo show
- Caper’s Restaurant, Campbellford, ON (2018, 2019, 2021) – group show
- The Art Emporium, Port Hope, ON (2017) – group show; (2018) juried group show
- Colborne Art Gallery, Colborne, ON (2017) – juried group show
- Trent Hills Library, Campbellford Branch, Campbellford, ON (2017) – solo show
- Maple Syrup Festival, Warkworth, ON (2015 – 2017) – juried group show
- Jazz Festival, Port Hope, ON (2016) – group show
- Norwood Pentecostal Church, Norwood, ON (2014) – duo show
- The Distil Gallery, The Distillery District, Toronto, ON (2007) – juried group show
- York Region CDSB Employees’ Art Show, Stouffville, ON (1992) – group show
- Mississauga City Hall, Mississauga, ON (1987) – juried group show
Gallery Address
51 King Street East
(905) 355-1798
P.O. Boc 903
Colborne Ontario
K0K 1S0
Gallery Hours
Thursday – Sunday: Noon – 4pm
