ARTIST STATEMENT

As an artist, I work hard to find what matters to me.  

This series of bird drawings is reminiscent of my life as a step-child of a bird watcher.  The bird portraits have a victorian portraiture demeanor.  They are simple and serious, while being fresh and entertaining.  

I try to create something that has never been seen before, while keeping the appearance of something that has always been there.  This challenge has brought forth many delightful surprises for me, as an artist.  I hope these works will do the same for the viewer.

ARTIST BIOGRAPHY

  Dawn Simon is a thirty-four year old Artist/ Graphic Designer from Barnegat, NJ.  She earned a BFA in sculpture in 2002 from UARTS in Philadelphia.  She has since managed and directed Gallery 1603 in Surf City, NJ.  Over the last 12 years, Dawn Simon has become open to many forms of art, including graphic design and illustration.  In 2013, she co-founded Swing Graphics, where she works as a freelance graphic design artist and illustrator.   Simon has shown her fine art locally, in School of Vintage, The Foundation of the Arts and Sciences and Modern Boutique.