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Artist Statement
Interviews & Articles
Coda Magazine / Magic of Color January 2023
Collections
Musee de La Grande Vigne, Dinan, France,
City University of New York
Longwood University Art Museum, Farmville, VA
Emory University
HEALTHCARE COLLECTIONS
U. Mass Memorial Hospital,
Boston Children’s Hospital,
Camp Lejeune Mental Health Facility,
Wellness Center at The Landing
Riverside Cancer Center,
Southampton Memorial Hospital
The Village at Woods Edge
Walter Reed Riverside Hospital
CORPORATE COLLECTIONS
Main Street Preservation Trust, Gloucester, VA
Princess Anne Country Club
Mathews Land Conservancy
Assured Construction
Williamsburg Land Conservancy
General Electric
First National Exchange Bank,
International Paper
Monarch Bank
Towne Bank
AAA
Raycom Media
Coldwell Banker
Bronco Federal Credit Union
Union Camp Forestry Division
City of Franklin
City of Virginia Beach
Roanoke Athletic Club
Wintergreen Resorts
Union Camp Medical
Franklin Main Street Association
PRIVATE COLLECTIONS in the United States, England, Italy, France, Iceland, Singapore, Jordan, Canada.
Artist Statement
"Painting takes me to a precious moment when I can reach across the bridge ~ from human to divine. Allowing the Creatrix to hold my brush hand feels exhilarating and comforting all at once."
Sarah Muehlbauer in a review for Coda Magazine
"Fagan’s expressionistic style comes from a creative process that’s devotional, cultivated through subtle repetition and awareness. The day we speak, it is solstice, and she remarks on the day as one of subtlety, the most internalized day of the year, an ideal time to refine the balance of warm and cool, light and shadow within her works-in-progress. This fine attunement to process and nature supports the artist’s genuine resolution to distill an ineffable experience into aesthetic form, offering viewers a witnessing and recognition of their spiritual-emotional life."
Dorothy writes
My process is not one painting start to finish. Rather my studio is forever filled with paintings in process. Like a room full of kindergarteners, they play off each other cajoling me in exploring the world and myself in ways I've never imagined.
My sunroom studio situates me in the center of a woodland garden by the pond. Sunlight, movement on the water, reflections, color and texture of wildflowers provide a constant interchange of energy influencing my emotions and paint brush.
Selected Exhibitions
Pastel Society of America, National Juried Exhibition, National Arts Club, New York
Pastel Society of Canada, International Juried Exhibition, Cambrian Rose Gallery, Ottawa
American Artists Professional League, National Juried Exhibition, Salmagundi Club, New York
G.V.W. Smith Art Museum, National Juried Exhibition, Springfield, MA
Virginia Museum of Fine Art, Prints & Drawings ’81 National Juried Exhibition, Richmond, VA
Virginia Contemporary Museum of Art, Virginia Beach, VA
The Copley Society, Pastel Society of America Members’ Exhibition, Boston, MA
Kansas Pastel Society, National Juried Exhibition
Hermitage Museum, Pastel Society of America Members’ Exhibition, Norfolk, VA
New Jersey Institute of Technology, Pastel Society of America Members’ Exhibition, Newark, NJ
