Gracia Dayton
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October Ode
30" x 44"
watercolor
 Bronze Age
22" x 30"
mixed media
Storm over the Hudson
26" x 40"
watercolor
Queen Zhang Buddha
30" x 22"
mixed media
Hudson River Sunset
26" x 40"
watercolor
 Chariot and Horses
15" x 20"
mixed media
Mountain Layers
22" x 30"
watercolor
 Burst of Magic
30" x 22"
watercolor


Each series of work I do invariably relates to a place I have recently visited. Landscapes, colors, shapes, and symbols are the sources I draw upon for inspiration from my travels.

I usually start a series with direct landscapes in watercolor or acrylic, and then move to collages and mixed media. The challenge is always to create pieces that are less literal and exciting to me in color, composition, and materials.




"Gracia Dayton is the chromatic champion with...monotypes rich in saturated reds and blazing yellows as well as blues and greens...Ms. Dayton has something in common with the English painter Howard Hodgkin."
Vivian Raynor, The New York Times, January 1996

RECENT SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
Emma Willard School Arts Center, Troy, NY
Carney Galley Fine Arts Center, Regis College, Weston, MA
Kergyma Gallery, Ridgewood, NJ
Depot Square Gallery, Lexington, MA (9 shows from 1981–2000)
Diana Levine Fine Arts, Design Center, Boston, MA
South Wharf Gallery, Nantucket, MA

RECENT AWARDS & PRIZES
Cambridge Art Assoc. Outstanding Painting Fall 2000
New England Juried Show, Marblehead, MA Award of Merit 2000
53rd Twilight Park Art Show, Haines Falls, NY 2000 2nd Prize
52ND Twilight Park Art Show, Haines Falls, NY 1999 1st Prize Painting (Juror Nancy Matthews, Curator Williams College Museum of Art)
Graphics Prize Show, Concord, MA Honorable Mention 1999
New England Watercolor Society, Boston, MA 1998 Honorable Mention
New England Watercolor Society Regional Show, Concord, MA 1999 1st Prize.
Graphics Prize Show, Concord Art Association, Concord, MA 1999 1st Prize
New England Watercolor Show, Boston, MA 1997 – Gold Medal
Texas Watercolor National Exhibition – Prize Winner 1997 Prize Winner 1996
Alabama Watercolor National Exhibition 1997 – Prize Winner
Adirondacks National Exhibition 1997 – 1996

COMMISSIONED AND COMPETITION WINNING WORKS
Coca Cola/CIES 1997; Boston World Cup Soccer Poster 1995; Paintings for the Bostonian Hotel; Sheraton Boston, Sheraton Atlanta; Lexington Bicentennial Poster. Traveling Shows: Tokyo, Japan; Anthony, France; Texas

EDUCATION
Skidmore College, B.S. Art Education; California School of Fine Arts; San Francisco State University, Art History; Boston University, Art History; DeCordova Museum School; Bennington College.

REPRESENTED BY
Kergmya Gallery, Ridgewood, NJ
Harrison Gallery, Williamstown, MA
Diana Levine Fine Arts, Boston, MA
Mulberry Gallery, Vero Beach, FL
E-mail: bmd56@concentric.net




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