Featured Artist: Rowenna

ROWENNA Dodge Anderson is an American impressionist known for her tranquil landscapes and subtle mood scenes. She also paints many figurative works and garden settings. Her oils capture many of the delights of the human spirit and bring us back to nostalgic eras.A native of Cleveland, OH, the artist was heavily influenced by her father, himself a primitive painter who supplied paints, brushes and encouragement. Thus youthful years were filled with hours of drawing and painting with her treasured colors.Later in life Rowenna studied for several years with Ruthven Holmes Byrum, noted Indiana landscape artist. She also received the Master of Fine Arts degree from Ball University and became an art instructor at Anderson University in Indiana. Several following years were spent in professional commercial advertising art and free lance architectural renderings. But always the artist returned to painting as her basic expression of inner creativity.As a young adult, Rowenna lived many years on Nantucket Island where her work is still exhibited annually. Influences of the faraway island are still seen in many of her paintings. Fields of Queen Anne’s lace, misty shorelines, seaside gardens and foggy lanes are favorite themes. Many of her subjects are drawn from time spent in Europe where she especially enjoyed painting the Italian countryside and Mediterranean ports.Rowenna’s work is found nationwide in both private and corporate collections. She is a prolific painter and exhibits each year in invitational guest exhibits. Her lovely landscapes are published as giclée canvases by Gallery Giclées™