Your shopping cart is empty.
Inspirational Expressionist Healing Artist
Dorothy Fagan transforms trauma into strokes of color on an inspirational healing journey through art.
She developed her unique ColorME Energized palette during residencies in France and Italy, And fulfills the healing mission of her artistry with paintings, poetry, live interactive painting demonstrations of the healing Creative process, and private consultations.
Dorothy Fagan knew she would be an artist, when the nuns encouraged her to copy a picture of the Virgin Mary a box of colored chalk. As a young mother, she won international recognition at Pastel Society of America, Pastel Society of Canada, Copley Society, and the National Arts Club.
When an assailant's knife threatened her life, Dorothy found her voice with color to express deeply held emotion. Transforming trauma into strokes of color juxtaposed light and dark worlds led her on her incredible healing art journey to the mission of her artistic gifts.
During residencies in France and Italy in 2013, 2015, 2017 and 2018, she developed her healing chakra colors palette.
Dorothy's colorful pastels, oil paintings, mixed media, and fiber art stand apart in international collections including; Musee de La Grande Vigne, Dinan, France, Boston Children's Hospital, U Mass. Memorial Research Center, City University of New York, and Longwood University Art Museum.
Studying oil painting and watercolors as a child, Dorothy completed her B.F.A. in Printmaking and Painting at East Carolina University in 1974. In a ten-year Master Painting Mentorship, Robert Bowers Mayo guided Dorothy to look inside herself in painting from her heart.
2020 MADS Gallery, Milan, Italy Dress Me
2020 CROSSROADS ART CENTER RICHMOND, VA
2020 RAL ART CENTER KILMARNOCK, VA
2019 Peninsula Fine Art Center Newport News, VA
By Land(scape), or by Water(color) April-May 2019
2019 Abbaye de Lehon, Lehon, France
2014 Musee de La Grande Vigne, Dinan, France
________________________________________
Born in
At 14, Dorothy received her first award for painting and went on to win first place in a five-county student competition in
Her paintings were exhibited at the prestigious National Arts Club in
Her father, Jack Fagan, encouraged Dorothy in conversations about the nature of creativity. A WWII vet injured at the Battle of the Bulge, his life was an inspiration to Dorothy. Her paintings made during his passing in 2013, tell the final chapter of their special connection in her book, High on a Hill with a Cloud and a Prayer.
Fagan's art is included in collections on five continents, including the Musee de La Grande Vigne, Dinan, France, Longwood University Art Museum, U Mass Memorial Hospital, Boston Children's Hospital, Camp LeJeune Mental Health Hospital, AAA, City University of New York, International Paper, and numerous corporate and private collections.
Dorothy Fagan is represented by
Chasen Galleries,
Solo Shows
Gallery Mayo, Richmond, VA 1979
Dorsey Gallery, Roanoke, VA 1980
Virginia Contemporary Museum of Fine Art, 1979
Century Gallery, Williamsburg, VA, 1981, 2006
Michelson's, Washington, DC, 1985
JSL Fine Art, 2015
Chesapeake Framing & Art Gallery, Kensington, MD, 2013
Stewart Gallery, Gloucester, VA 2017
Prince George Art & Frame, Williamsburg, VA 2018
International & National Juried Exhibitions
Musee de La Grande Vigne, Les invites d’Yvonne Jean-Haffen Exposition, Dinan,
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
Public Collections
MUSEUM COLLECTIONS
Musee de La Grande Vigne, Dinan,
City University of New York,
Boston Children’s Hospital,
Camp Lejeune Mental Health Facility,
Wellness Center at The Landing
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
Residencies, Awards & Education
Artist Residency
Artist Residency
Artist Residency Musee de La Grande Vigne, July – Sept 2013, Dinan,
Medal of
Best in
American Masters Painting Mentorship with Robert Bowers Mayo, Valentine Museum and Gallery Mayo, 1979 – 1989, Richmond, VA. Mayo guided Fagan in developing her unique approach to painting by imparting his understanding of the artist psyche through the works of George Inness, Martin J. Heade, Elliot Clark, and Walter Metcalf.
B. F. A. East Carolina University, 1974, Printmaking and Painting
At East Carolina University, she studied under printmaker Donald Sexauer and painter Ed Reep 1971 - 1974.
Publications
Joy’s Garden, Embrace the Mountain Dorothy Fagan, 2018
CreativSOUP, Adult Creativity & Coloring, Dorothy Fagan, 2016
100 Plein Air Painters of the Mid-Atlantic, Gary Pendleton, Schiffer Publishing 2014
Joan Cawley Publishing, Fine Art Prints, 2001 - 2011
This is only visible to you because you are logged in and are authorized to manage this website. This message is not visible to other website visitors.
Don't Leave Without This!
FREE
ColorME Energized Guide
& Get 10% Off
Your First Order!