As someone who developed her artistic skillset throughout childhood, Dawn left school with dreams of being a professional artist. Overtime however, that dream fell further out of reach until eventually she forgot about art altogether. As we will uncover, Dawn’s path in life has been an arduous one; full of discovery and re-discovery; learning and re-learning; disappointment and hope. In this regard, art for Dawn, after picking the paintbrush back up again later in life, is a source of joy, escapism and a means by which to express her inner thoughts and feelings. Yet perhaps most of it all, it has become a way for her to convey to others how they too may find solace within the likes of nature and our other worldly realms.
‘As a child I enjoyed time on my own, mostly because I didn’t fit in…I would get lost for hours with just a pencil and some paper’ Dawn tells me. ‘I used to focus on drawing beautiful women and fashion accessories and it was not long before I began to excel in school in my art and textile classes… Upon leaving school I went to Stratford upon Avon college, I loved every second, somehow, I had found a place that I felt comfortable’. Indeed, it all seemed to be very positive for Dawn, well this was until she had to move to Cornwall with her parents.
‘When I moved to Cornwall I attended a new art college, though this meant that I had to start my course all over again which was a massive disappointment for me. I didn’t do well starting the course again and unfortunately lost sight of my dreams. I didn’t touch art for many years after that’ Dawn sadly tells me. ‘About 10 years ago my step mum encouraged me and brought me some art stuff, I painted one painting but still struggled with self-confidence and hid it away’.
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