Behind the Work with George Dawnay
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Join us on Sunday afternoons for Behind the Work, a series of artist talks given by some of our area's best artists. Gain insight into the process, challenges, and inspiration from each artist as they talk about their own work. Q & A. Open to the public free of charge.
Sunday, November 8
2 pm EST
Open to the public free of charge
George Dawnay was born in England in 1970. His mother, artist Adrian Dawnay, was very involved in his early artistic life, schooling all her children in the arts. George’s father, Charles, was a soldier in the British Army during the Cold War. This ensured an early life of travel and living in different countries, including Germany, America and Africa. The family finally settled in England in the mid-eighties.
Dawnay began his formal studies with the painter Charles W**d in London (circa 1992) before heading to the Florence Academy of Art, where he studied for 4 years on scholarship, training in the French Academic style, cast drawing, anatomical studies, and portraiture. In 1998 Dawnay started an apprenticeship with the Mural painter Alexander Hamilton, together they went on to create several Murals in Italy and abroad. He then went to Paris to continue his mural studies with the French muralist Vianney Brintet. After being invited to San Francisco by Designer Jessica Hall he began coming to America more and more, eventually moving here permanently in 2003 where he began an apprenticeship with sculptor Cessna Decosimo in Chattanooga, Tennessee.
He now lives in Chattanooga with his wife and 3 children.
Sunday, November 8
2 pm EST
Open to the public free of charge
George Dawnay was born in England in 1970. His mother, artist Adrian Dawnay, was very involved in his early artistic life, schooling all her children in the arts. George’s father, Charles, was a soldier in the British Army during the Cold War. This ensured an early life of travel and living in different countries, including Germany, America and Africa. The family finally settled in England in the mid-eighties.
Dawnay began his formal studies with the painter Charles W**d in London (circa 1992) before heading to the Florence Academy of Art, where he studied for 4 years on scholarship, training in the French Academic style, cast drawing, anatomical studies, and portraiture. In 1998 Dawnay started an apprenticeship with the Mural painter Alexander Hamilton, together they went on to create several Murals in Italy and abroad. He then went to Paris to continue his mural studies with the French muralist Vianney Brintet. After being invited to San Francisco by Designer Jessica Hall he began coming to America more and more, eventually moving here permanently in 2003 where he began an apprenticeship with sculptor Cessna Decosimo in Chattanooga, Tennessee.
He now lives in Chattanooga with his wife and 3 children.
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301 East 11th Street, Chattanooga, TN, United States, Tennessee 37403
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Host or PublisherTownsend Atelier
