Original Watercolors by Alaskan Artist - Dot Bardason

Dot Bardason FIVE original signed *not prints* works have a mesmerizing softness to them and the intricate detail perfectly showcases her mastery of the medium. This Alaska Native themed collection is destined to be shared in a musuem of fine arts one day. Pricing is really a guess since so few of her originals become available. A living legend.... Most likely lovingly exquisitely matted and matching framed by the artist herself in her boardwalk shop in Seward. Dot Bardarson is a contemporary Northwest regionalist painter, noted for her watercolors of Alaska. Her works depict everyday life and objects, as well as images of nature, such as the lights of the aurora borealis. She graduated with a degree in Art from Lasell College and continued her studies at the University of Washington and the University of Alaska. Her early career included deck-handing on a work boat and raising her family in locations of remote fish canneries. Bardarson then went on to win awards for her watercolors and also public art commissions. Bardason favors shapes and movements that are bigger than life, and her Northwest themes are typically exuberant, with colorful and balanced design.