Never Alone

The works of Dawn Stacey

Dawn Stacey: Emerald Forest Journey

Dawn Stacey’s paintings are an amalgamation of everything she loves and has studied. With degrees and Diplomas in Textile Design, Horticulture, and Sequential Illustration, her studies have permitted her to make sense of the world through her paintings.

Her layering techniques hark back to her textile background, whereas the influence of her illustration course tells of the journeying narrative in her paintings.

Reading her works, with their multiple layers, one can sense time and memories. One can almost hear the chorus of bird song echoing from her canvases.

Her paintings evolve from walks in gardens, her allotment, woodlands and lakes, absorbing the sounds of wildlife, noticing how cherry blossom scatters on the ground, detail in flowers or reflections in the water, resulting in rich landscapes featuring nature, wildlife, children, and people. She says—

I constantly observe people interacting with each other, noticing intimate moments and how perhaps a couple or friends may walk together in companionable silence or chat. The work often portrays a peaceful and tranquil landscape; it’s an opportunity to become lost in the atmosphere of a place with an element of mystery.

Dawn Stacey: Sharing a Moment

You can see children playing; the mother-child bond is often depicted in her works. Many of her pieces show a mother and child walking together. The mother figure is visibly significant to Dawn; she is questioning her motherhood or reflecting on her relationship with her own.

The menagerie of animals and the encounters of people portrayed in her paintings say that if you embrace nature and its offerings, you are never alone.

Dawn Stacey: Looking Up at the Night Sky