DAWN MATTHEWS, INC
NAPLES, FLORIDA

About Dawn Matthews Dawn has always combined her careers of dyslexia teaching (and writing of courses, manuals books etc.) with her painting and printmaking. In 1979 she studied screen-printing and moved to Dumfries Scotland where she set up her own printmaking studio. All the screen prints began life as a detailed, monochrome pencil drawing. Colour, depth, atmosphere and much of the detail were introduced at the proofing stage. Most were carried out as pairs and each pair of screen prints took two or three months to finalise and then a further few weeks to print each colour of each print by hand. The inks used in these days were very toxic and although, she had massive extractor fans the toxins eventually made her very ill and she was given over 40 intravenous chelations to help rid her body of toxins, especially lead. For this reason she cannot work with similar inks again or mass-produce work like this. Amoco Oil Company, Kidder Peabody, Chemical bank, Bank of Scotland, Royal Bank of Scotland, Midland Marine Bank, Sears, London, Royal Exchange London, Dumfries Royal Infirmary, Alexander Unit, Dumfries, P and O Ferries. ScL01 ‘Carrick Water’ 76x51cm AUD$230 Silkscreen on handmade paper | Dawn Matthews | Edition of…