About Dorallen Davis

Professional Experience

2006 - 2010 Director, Teacher, and Co-Founder of the Marin Art School.
The school's primary purpose is to give adult students a strong foundation in the skills and discipline related to creating realistic art.
2003 - 2010 Teacher of drawing and painting, privately and in groups.
2003 - 2006 Teacher of drawing and painting, Tamalpais Redwood High Schools,Adult & Community Education Programs.
2005 Taught 5-day en plein air workshop, Mt. Shasta, CA.
2004 Taught 5-day en plein air workshop, Bodega Bay, CA.

Workshops
2010 Egeli Drawing and Painting Workshop 2010
2010 Corsica 2010
2010 Jove Wang Workshop
2009 Led 15 students to Monterey-Carmel, 1 week workshop
2009 Led 20 students to Provincetown, 2 week workshop
2008 Led 15 students to Tuscany Italy, 2 week workshop
2007 Led 15 students to Tuscany Italy, 2 week workshop

Awards and Honors

2009 Won "Bay View" and "Quick Draw" awards in regional plein air competition, Alameda, CA.
2008 First Place, Marin Museum of Contemporary Art juried show, Novato, CA.
2006 - 07 Eight awards for figurative and landscape painting, Marin County Fair.
2005 Best of Show, Art League of Northern California, Novato, CA.
Featured artist, Ritter Center's "Art with a Heart", San Rafael, CA
Featured Artist, Discovery Museum of Sausalito, Sausalito, CA.
2001 First Place, and People's Award, Mill Valley Court House Gallery, Mill Valley, CA.

Education and Affiliations

Member, California Art Club

Member, International Plein Air Painters

Member, Portrait Society of America

Member, Art Works Downtown

Member, Marin Arts Council

Member, Marin Museum of Contemporary Art

Attended San Francisco State University and College of Marin (studied with Chester Arnold and Kent Rupp)

Also have studied with colorists Jane Heaphy, Cedric Egeli, Joenette Egeli, and Camille Przewodik, and artists Jove Wang and Manuel Neri

Portrait Painter for the 1964 World's Fair, New York City, NY

International experience painting in Italy, Portugal, Canyon de Shay, and Mexico.

Work in the collections of:

Manuel Neri, Benecia, CA

Wayne Sobon, Sonoma, CA

Sam and Vicky Sebastiani, Sonoma, CA

Bob McDonald, Sonoma, CA

Al Borro, San Rafael, CA

John Lama, San Francisco, CA

Bill and Sheri Feast, Baltimore, MD

Steve and Jill Fugaro, Mill Valley, CA

Colleen Brown, Bethesda, MD

MaryJo and Pete Sorensen, Mill Valley, CA

Rick and Charlotte Elenberger, Longwood, FL

Norma Anapol, San Rafael, CA

Helene and Norman Onaga, Alameda, CA

Debra Neidermeyer, Mill Valley, CA

Represented by:

Robert Beck Gallery, San Anselmo, CA (www.beckgallery.org)

Artist Statement

Painting for me is not a choice but a way of life. My journey has taught me that seeing, and then translating what I see, is the real "truth" in my painting. I want to capture the moment when I first see and feel that glimmer of light on the landscape.

I am especially grateful to live in Marin County, where water and land connect, and we are surrounded by beauty. I was born and raised here, and my perceptions have been shaped by that experience. All the elements of nature, as well as man's imprint, converge in the San Francisco Bay Area. This ever-present source of beauty surrounds and inspires me.

I truly love to paint from life. I paint the landscape "en plein air" and also create figurative paintings and portraits in the studio, or in natural light. I am a colorist, and paint what I see and feel.