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Doloris Pederson in her studio.
Photo by Pam Soetaert,
Russell
County
News
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January 20 - February 20, 2008
Artist: Doloris Pederson
An internationally recognized painter, Doloris Pederson grew up in rural Ellis County, and was educated at Fort Hays State University, University of California, California Lutheran University, California Art Institute and Scottsdale Arts School. She lived and taught painting in Texas, Kansas and California before returning recently to live in rural Russell County and Creede, Colorado.
The paintings in this exhibit, Bountiful Journey, reflect her environments and travels. Her still-life and landscape paintings echo the influence of her early artistic mentors John Thorns, Joyce Pike, Ted Goerschner, and Marilyn Simandle, with lineage from such well-known Russians artists as Nicolai Fechin and Sergei Bongart.
Her paintings have been described as "eye sparkling proof of what happens when artists love the surroundings in which they live." Pederson says, "I like to paint the familiar that which I know and that which is dear to my heart. There's a connection there."
Pederson is an award winning artist and invited member of the California Art Club and Oil Painters of America. Her paintings have been selected for inclusion in many prestigious national and international art shows. Her work has been published as cover art on magazines and two watercolors were published as prints by Gallery 121, Soho, N>ew York.
Pederson paintings can be found in private collections nationally and internationally, including the Santa Barbara Historical Museum, Peregrine Galleries in Montecito, California, Carnegie Art Museum in Oxnard, California, Joan Irvine Smith in Irvine, California, Robi in La Quinta, California, Sunkist Growers, Inc. in Sherman Oaks, California, the Hadley Foundation Collection in Hays, Kansas, the Eagle Group in Columbus, Indiana and the Colgate Art Collection. Her paintings can be seen currently in her solo shows at the Deines Cultural Center in Russell and the Phoenix Gallery in Topeka and on display at the Madd Matter in Hays.
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