Steve Dawson: An Unlikely Artist


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Artist Steve Dawson. Photo by Martin Boling

As president of local mechanical contracting firm Harrell-Fish Inc., Steve Dawson might seem an unlikely artist. But after a mountain-biking accident left him with a broken arm and four months of convalescence, he decided to take an art class.

Primarily a landscape painter, Dawson frequently works alla prima (spontaneously) and en plein air (outdoors).

β€œThere is something deep within us that bonds inseparably with our natural world,” Dawson says. β€œBringing that connection to life for others to experience is the essence of landscape painting.”

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