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<\/a><\/p>\nGalleries and museums host a banquet of genres for you to explore. Wander galleries at your leisure, what pulls and intrigues you? Be curious about your own responses to work. What challenges, delights, surprises or captures you? Curious to know more? ask representatives or staff to explain the work. I first experienced the opera, symphony, and ballet at the age of 17. Each event captivating and unique from each other. ~Recently I attended the Arthur Shilling exhibit at the Windsor Art Gallery. HIs subjects shimmer in vibrant colour, strength and story. If you visit, you may even feel the floor vibrate beneath you like I did.. A Dealer confessed, \u201cWe have to host big events in order to just get people in the door.\u201d It seems many don\u2019t desire to venture out and experience art live.<\/p>\n ~ \u201cNorthern Island\u201d 16x 20 oil on canvas.<\/p>\n All work is available for purchase, if you are in the area, feel free to make an appoint to visit the studio… live & in person. dawn@dawnbanning.com<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Do you remember testing CD\u2019s with provided headphones at music stores? You didn\u2019t need permission to try different styles, nor was it necessary to understand complexities of instruments, chords or symbolic lyrics. It was a wonderful way to explore different … Continue reading
\nFeel the passion live & see rhythm dance in paint, clay, bronze and multimedia.
\nModern classics, cartoon florals, impressionistic landscapes, ultra realism, colourful abstracts, and historical art.
\nStand mere inches from Van Gogh\u2019s olive trees. Imagine he stood here at this distance, arm held just so to achieve that angle of brushstroke. See the grasshopper stuck in the paint, now over 100 years old<\/a>.<\/p>\n
\nIt\u2019s their job to be of assistance, and are usually happy to share their knowledge.<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"http:\/\/www.dawnbanning.com\/newsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/northern-island-300x237.jpg\")
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\nAll introduced to me by my brother, who lived in the city while attending University.
\nEver the patient guide, he explained the Marriage of Figaro and the complicated sound of jazz.
\nOne night he took me to a lively blues joint. Rich vibrations rumbled thru the floor right up into my body and soul.
\nDeep spellbinding voices with incredible guitar mastery the musicians blew the roof off and my world tilted.
\nLeaning over to my brother, I said “I don\u2019t understand it all ,but its incredible!\u201d
\n\u201cYou don\u2019t have to understand it Dawn,\u201d he said, grinning,\u201d just feel it.\u201d
\nDelighted, I sat back and did just that.<\/p>\n
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\nNew work !!
\n\u201cOcean\u201d 4ft x 3ft \u00a0oil on canvas now complete<\/p>\n