Ingrid Dohm

Joined Artfinder: Feb. 2015

Artworks for sale: 37

United States

About Ingrid Dohm

 
 
  • Biography
    My paintings capture the intensity and the very essence of my relationship to art.   Floral images,  from earliest childhood,  have always remained the lynchpin that would lead me to further explorations for my artistic expressions. 

    I have seriously attempted other avenues of expression, such as portraits and abstract painting, but personal satisfaction has always eluded me.

    Even while painting landscapes, a floral image may crop up here or there and often overtake it to become a floral landscape or a floral garden landscape.  Still life suffers the same fate.


    PERSONAL SATEMENT

    The raison d’etre for my floral and landscape paintings can be traced directly to the influences that surrounded my early childhood. Born and raised in a small town in Austria near forests, glens and mountains, I was constantly seeking out the many varied kinds of floral beauty which is ever present in this land. During the summer months, in a high mountain lake enclosure, my siblings and I would make daylong forays into the forested areas solely to see what kinds of flowers we could encounter. A difficult find, but a most sought after one, was the edelweiss. This was so because one had to climb up the side of a mountain to see them growing as an outcropping in the rocks. This would become the trophy of the day! Another favored sight was the Christrose, commonly called the Schneerose or snow rose, because it could be seen popping up out of the snow cover on the ground.

    In school I was always fascinated with any instrument be it pen, pencil or crayon, that could make anything from a strait line to a complicated image. I really never understood at the time why I had this strong attraction for art supplies, never could make the connection between it and my love of nature.

    It wasn’t until I came to the United States and married that the association was made. A casual remark by my husband, that I had a natural talent and propensity to draw and paint, made me realize that I ought to get going. A starter paint kit was purchased and that’s the beginning of the story.





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  • Education

    1974 - 1978

    Rockford College, Rockford, IL

  • Awards

    2007

    Individual Artist Award

    Awarded during the Rockford Mayor's Arts Awards Ceremony.

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    2006

    YWCA Blanche Ellis Starr Award for Leadership in the Arts

    Rockford, IL

    2005

    Easter Seals Campaign Artist

    Designing the Lily for the Easter Seals Stamps

    2004

    Reflecting Achievement Award

    Awarded by the Rockford Area Arts Council

    2000

    Finalist

    National Museum for Women in the Arts, Washington, D.C., Illinois Chapter Millennium Show

    2000

    Featured Artist

    The Artist Magazine, September, 2000 issue
  • Upcoming Events

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    Previous events

    Event: 12th Annual Regional Juried Exhibition

    Dates: 13 Nov 2015 - 23 Jan 2016

    Venue: Freeport Art Museum, Freeport, IL, 121 N. Harlem Ave., Freeport, IL 61032

    A regional exhibition of artists.

    Event: One Woman Show

    Dates: 20 May 2011 - 17 Jun 2011

    Venue: Embassy of Austria, Washington, D.C.

    Recent Works.

    Event: Biennial Rockford Midwestern 2010 Show

    Dates: 24 Sep 2010 - 10 Dec 2010

    Venue: Rockford Art Museum, Rockford, IL

    A multi-state show.

    Event: One Woman Show

    Dates: 5 Sep 2008 - 4 Oct 2008

    Venue: Freeport Art Museum, Freeport, IL, 121 N. Harlem Ave., Freeport, IL 61032

    This exhibition spanned a wide divergence of genres of the artist.

    Event: Flora: The Beauty of Botanicals in Art

    Dates: 19 Sep 2003 - 10 Nov 2003

    Venue: Rockford Art Museum, Rockford, IL

    A show focusing on floral beauty.

    Event: On Woman Show

    Dates: 8 Sep 2000 - 9 Oct 2000

    Venue: Zurich American Company, Zurich Switzerland

    Recent works of the artist

    Event: One Woman Show

    Dates: 17 Jul 1995 - 2 Jun 1995

    Venue: Stadtische Galerie, Linz, Austria

    Early works.

Links


Education

1974 - 1978

Rockford College, Rockford, IL


Awards

2007

Individual Artist Award

Awarded during the Rockford Mayor's Arts Awards Ceremony.

Show more awards Hide

2006

YWCA Blanche Ellis Starr Award for Leadership in the Arts

Rockford, IL

2005

Easter Seals Campaign Artist

Designing the Lily for the Easter Seals Stamps

2004

Reflecting Achievement Award

Awarded by the Rockford Area Arts Council

2000

Finalist

National Museum for Women in the Arts, Washington, D.C., Illinois Chapter Millennium Show

2000

Featured Artist

The Artist Magazine, September, 2000 issue

There are no upcoming events

Show previous events Hide previous events

Previous events

Event: 12th Annual Regional Juried Exhibition

Dates: 13 Nov 2015 - 23 Jan 2016

Venue: Freeport Art Museum, Freeport, IL, 121 N. Harlem Ave., Freeport, IL 61032

A regional exhibition of artists.

Event: One Woman Show

Dates: 20 May 2011 - 17 Jun 2011

Venue: Embassy of Austria, Washington, D.C.

Recent Works.

Event: Biennial Rockford Midwestern 2010 Show

Dates: 24 Sep 2010 - 10 Dec 2010

Venue: Rockford Art Museum, Rockford, IL

A multi-state show.

Event: One Woman Show

Dates: 5 Sep 2008 - 4 Oct 2008

Venue: Freeport Art Museum, Freeport, IL, 121 N. Harlem Ave., Freeport, IL 61032

This exhibition spanned a wide divergence of genres of the artist.

Event: Flora: The Beauty of Botanicals in Art

Dates: 19 Sep 2003 - 10 Nov 2003

Venue: Rockford Art Museum, Rockford, IL

A show focusing on floral beauty.

Event: On Woman Show

Dates: 8 Sep 2000 - 9 Oct 2000

Venue: Zurich American Company, Zurich Switzerland

Recent works of the artist

Event: One Woman Show

Dates: 17 Jul 1995 - 2 Jun 1995

Venue: Stadtische Galerie, Linz, Austria

Early works.


 

Biography

My paintings capture the intensity and the very essence of my relationship to art.   Floral images,  from earliest childhood,  have always remained the lynchpin that would lead me to further explorations for my artistic expressions. 

I have seriously attempted other avenues of expression, such as portraits and abstract painting, but personal satisfaction has always eluded me.

Even while painting landscapes, a floral image may crop up here or there and often overtake it to become a floral landscape or a floral garden landscape.  Still life suffers the same fate.


PERSONAL SATEMENT

The raison d’etre for my floral and landscape paintings can be traced directly to the influences that surrounded my early childhood. Born and raised in a small town in Austria near forests, glens and mountains, I was constantly seeking out the many varied kinds of floral beauty which is ever present in this land. During the summer months, in a high mountain lake enclosure, my siblings and I would make daylong forays into the forested areas solely to see what kinds of flowers we could encounter. A difficult find, but a most sought after one, was the edelweiss. This was so because one had to climb up the side of a mountain to see them growing as an outcropping in the rocks. This would become the trophy of the day! Another favored sight was the Christrose, commonly called the Schneerose or snow rose, because it could be seen popping up out of the snow cover on the ground.

In school I was always fascinated with any instrument be it pen, pencil or crayon, that could make anything from a strait line to a complicated image. I really never understood at the time why I had this strong attraction for art supplies, never could make the connection between it and my love of nature.

It wasn’t until I came to the United States and married that the association was made. A casual remark by my husband, that I had a natural talent and propensity to draw and paint, made me realize that I ought to get going. A starter paint kit was purchased and that’s the beginning of the story.