DAWN SUTHERLAND

Flagstaff, Arizona

Dawn Sutherland is a painter of southwest landscapes. A teacher in her first life, a college counselor in her second, she has been a painter since 2001. Dawn and her husband Stan moved to Arizona in 2003, where her paintbrushes met the challenge of intense blue skies, distant horizons, canyon mazes, and quilts of wildflowers. “Painting outdoors, en plein air, uniquely captures the depth, definition, and feeling of the landscape before me,” she says. “I feel there is almost always a near-perfect composition provided by nature.” 2021 is her eighth year participating in the Grand Canyon Celebration of Art. Dawn is a founding member of Arizona Plein Air Painters, and her work is represented by Arizona Handmade Gallery, Flagstaff and Jane Hamilton Fine Art, Tucson.

At first glance, the heart soars as on the glinting wings of a violet-green swallow

Sunrise zephyrs wrap tempting tendrils around the feet, leading them into the never-ending labyrinth of light and shadow.

And the soul melts into the Canyon’s seductive embrace.

Distant airy veils of blue life, revealing to those who venture in, this chasm’s eternal enigmas and everlasting beauty.

And that simple, single step on a Canyon path begins the lifelong journey of a thousand miles.

A Single Step | 36x30, oil