Artist Statement:
I am a visual artist working primarily in the disciplines of printmaking and painting. I have always been drawn to objects that show evidence of their history: old books and photos, vintage toys and clothes, diaries and letters. The ways that different materials are altered by time as well as the untold stories they contain give a bittersweet sense of both loss and connection. My sensibility can be a bit dark, but I hope I balance that with humor.
My process typically begins with a visual cue; something I observe that I connect with on an emotional level. I seek a partnering of image and medium that amplifies the emotional response. I alternately build and obliterate the surface with printed, drawn and painted elements; letting the images come together over many layers of material.
I view my materials as collaborators and feel a piece is successful when it shows me something new.
Bio:
Dawn Endean has exhibited at the Bellevue Arts Museum in Bellevue Washington and the Turner Print Museum in Sacremento CA, the Cascadia Art Museum in Edmonds, WA, and in many Seattle galleries including Davidson Galleries, the Jacob Lawrence Gallery, Shift Gallery, the Columbia City Gallery and Good Arts Gallery as well as at the Northwind Arts Center in Port Townsend, Mighty Tieton in Tieton Washington, and Gallery 25 in Fresno California.
Endean currently teaches Printmaking at various arts organizations throughout the Pacific Northwest, and at her Seattle studio.
She is a member of the Pacific Northwest Artists Group CLUSTER.