Artist Bios
Donna Dowless
“My approach to painting
varies with each piece. The richness and depth of tones and
textures are achieved by applying layers of color washes,
acrylics, oil pastels, India ink, and translucent glazes
with various tools. My finished work reveals itself after
the layers settle into one. My art is meant to extract an
invitation to the viewer to visualize special moments in his
or her own life."
-Donna Dowless
Andy Warhol once personally
advised, “You are an artist in your heart, so be it!” The
experience must have left an indelible mark on this artist
because few uphold the mantra with more passion than
celebrated artist Donna Dowless. Donna’s self-taught
contemporary art has been shown throughout Florida, in such
locations as the Grand Bohemian Gallery, Avalon Gallery, The
Orlando Museum of Art Gift Shop Gallery and the King Center
Gallery located in Melbourne, Florida. Her work is included
in the private collections of Rosie O'Donnell, Cher, Naomi
Judd, Celine Dion and Arnold Schwarzenegger, among others.
Marlene London
“I build worlds in which I
am able to live… where I find meaning in bright red nails
clicking on the table, where the smell of rain is to me the
same as home, where womanhood is celebrated, and where an
eggplant has a prominent place on this earth. Life is color
and composition, texture and guts, and my goal as an artist
is to thread it all together into one expressive, viewable
moment. The mundane and ignored are elevated and celebrated
for their simple beauty.” -Marlene London
Marlene London’s layered works of paint wax, collage and
writing act as a sounding board for the viewer, aptly
mirroring complicated processes of thought. Marlene holds an
English degree from Skidmore College and has studied art
throughout the country with notable artists such as Squeak
Carnwath, Wolf Kahn, Katherine Porter and Charles Garabedian.
In addition to numerous exhibits throughout Florida,
London’s work was also exhibited in Milan, Italy, at the
Post Art “Orlando Furioso” exhibition, where she was one of
only 19 artists representing Central Florida. Her artwork
has been used for the Berlin Wall Project, the City of
Orlando’s “Commemorative Plate,” the Winter Park Sidewalk
Art Festival Poster and the first annual Power of the Purse
fundraiser. Her work has been added to the private
collections of former Secretary of State of Florida, Glenda
Hood and comedian Chris Rock. Marlene is represented in Los
Angeles, Atlanta, Tampa, The Jacksonville Museum of Modern
Art gift gallery and the Orlando Museum of Art gift shop.
She is also the recipient of a United Arts grant, which
helped the artist implement an exhibit by bicultural women,
shown both in Central Florida and in Mexico City.
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