Artist Showcase: Painter Dawn Gerety

Sunburst. —Dawn Gerety — Sunburst. I love painting mountains and I love painting skiers in pow. This combined the two along with lots of colors and playfulness. —Dawn Gerety

Fireweed Bear. —Dawn Gerety — Fireweed Bear. This was one of my first acrylic painting commissions. I wasn’t sure how to paint a bear — I had never done that. This was really challenging for me as I doubted myself through the entire process. I kept thinking the client would turn down the finished piece. She loved it! And, this has become one of my most asked about reproductions as a print or card. I realized I should be more confident and proud of my work. —Dawn Gerety

The Defenders. —Dawn Gerety — The Defenders. I enjoyed applying patterns and colors to help depict a unique and rougher-looking arctic animal. The position of the musk ox next to each other is their defense circle they create when they are threatened. The younger musk ox are protected in the middle. —Dawn Gerety

Gustav Bou. —Dawn Gerety — Gustav Bou. I started painting with animals and making parts of them very stylized. I did dozens of moose and caribou with huge outrageous antlers and/or legs. It was easier to create art using the shapes as patterns and colors vs. real life objects. —Dawn Gerety

Powder Pig. —Dawn Gerety — Powder Pig. This was one of my first mountain pieces. It was based off a photo in the Alaska Range of my heli ski group after a landing on top of a run. The photo doesn’t have anyone on the slope, so I painted what I imagined the epic run would be for the person with the first descent, hence the name. —Dawn Gerety

Raven Hanging the Sun. —Dawn Gerety — Raven Hanging the Sun. I had been painting lots of trees in this style already, but just trees and branches. I wanted to create something that had more depth than only something pleasant to look at. This piece helps tell the tale of how Raven stole a great treasure, the sun, and hung it up to give light to the world. —Dawn Gerety

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NAME: Dawn Gerety
OCCUPATIONS: Muralist, Painter
LOCATION: Girdwood, Alaska, United States
ART: artseriously.com | Instagram @dawngeretyart