About The Artist

I’m a Victoria-based artist. For as long as I can remember I have been able to draw, even from a very young age. In my early 20’s I took courses at art college without having a clear path on what to focus a career on. Then I decided to take Interior Design which lead to a long career in design, focused mainly in kitchen design. I have had the amazing opportunity to live in multiple cities throughout Canada and the world Calgary, Montreal, Hong Kong, Toronto, Madrid, and London, until returning to Canada five years ago and settling on Vancouver Island near family. While living in Madrid for two years I took up water colour painting I loved painting the scenery in and around the city. It was very inspiring to see all the beautiful architecture and how different the Spanish lifestyle was from Canada. Then we moved to the UK near London where we lived for 13 years. Once there I started to work full-time and with other responsibilities this left little time to pursue any type of art that wasn’t work related so I didn’t start painting again until 2016 on our return to Canada and have been regularly painting ever since. I feel that my many travels have definitely contributed to my love of art and style of painting, having had the opportunity to regularly visit galleries like the Prado in Madrid, V&A In London, Museum d’Orsay in Paris and The Rijks Museum in Amsterdam. I’ve become very fond of the Impressionism art movement and the Dutch Golden Age, seeing the masters’ artwork in person has definitely helped find my own style of painting. This seems interesting to me because what I appreciate is the loose brushstrokes, strong light source and shadows. Publications: International Artist Magazine February/March 2022 Master Painters of the world "Seeing Shapes" https://www.internationalartist.com/issues/143/Seeing-shapes http://www.instagram.com/dawnburtonreedart/ https://www.dawnreed.art/