Dawn Reader

I have been painting the sea for as long as I can remember, and came to realise that what captivated me most in my travels for wonderful waves was the quality of light. I have been especially inspired throughout the years by the Atlantic, Baltic and North Seas, and wondered what it would be like to go even further north to glimpse a frozen sea…

I am moved by the quiet early morning light within a white snow landscape and the amazing silence it brings. I went to the Arctic in 2009 to pursue the midnight sun within a truly icy environment, Iceland in the winter of 2010, and the following year travelled to Antarctica. Although the landscapes are lonely and bleak, there’s a real sense of majestic freedom and complete awe. I try to capture these qualities together with the stillness and tranquillity I found there, in conjunction with the journey of light and freedom I have sought throughout my life as a painter.

By simplifying and softening the forms of the landscape and through using a limited and somewhat muted palette, I aim to extract and focus more on a spiritual serenity. The application of light and dark in my work serves not only to bring depth and perspective but also to emphasise the force and power in creation.

2014

Grand Designs Exhibition, Excel, London

2011-13

WH Patterson London

2011

Northcote Gallery (solo) London

2010

Lucy B Campbell Fine Art (solo) London

Rotterdam Art Fair Holland

Dubai Art Fair Dubai

Discerning Eye The Mall Galleries London

2009

Utrecht Open Art Fair Holland

2008-12

Lucy B Campbell Fine Art London

2008

Langton Street Gallery (solo) London

2008-10

Art London

2006-13

Northcote Gallery London

2006

New Grafton Gallery (solo) London

Eyestorm/Britart London

Royal College of Art London

2005

‘Art 26′, Westbourne Studios. New Jersey, USA.

Royal College of Art, London.

New Grafton Gallery, London.

Kendalls Fine Art, Cowes, Isle of Wight.

Glasgow Art Fair, Scotland.

2004

New Grafton Gallery, London Oxo Tower Gallery, London.

2003

28 Cork Street, London.

New Grafton Gallery, London.

Fresh Art Business Design Centre, London.

20:21 Commonwealth Institute, London

2002

Fresh Art Business Design Centre, London.

David Curzon Gallery, London.

Affordable Art Fair, London.

Beverley McNeil, Florida, USA

1997

American College London

1995

Contact Gallery, Norwich

1994

Alexandra Palace, London

1992

Ben Uri Gallery, London

1991

London Institute Art Gallery, London

1990

Crypt Gallery, London

1989

Square Gallery, London