Sloane Dawson
American, b. 1932 Walpole, MA, based in Rockingham, VT
About Sloane Dawson
Sloane Dawson
The Sweat Shop (Triptych): The Boss, The “Girls”, The Timekeeper
2018
Found object assemblage
41 x 55 x 8 in
$2500
Sloane Dawson
Ladies of the Night
2014
Wood box, antique pin cushion dolls, metal door lock
13 x 7.5 x 4.25 in
$500
Sloane Dawson
Barn Bird
2016
Maple syrup bucket lid, found objects, fabricated cherry wood frame
19.5 x 19.5 x 4.5 in
Sold
Sloane Dawson
Porto de Luna
2014
Found objects, plaster reliefs, wood frame, enamel paint
36 x 30 x 1.5 in
$900
Sloane Dawson
Blah, blah, blah, Political Crapshoot
2018
Antique game board, industrial mould, found objects
38 x 38 x 5 in
$800
Sloane Dawson
Social Climber
2016
Industrial mould, metal tools, action figure, custom made hanging box
26 x 21 x 5 in
$900
Sloane Dawson
Polly Wants Green Eggs and…..
2010
Wood drawer, found wood cut-outs, nesting material
25 x 20 x 8 in
$500
Sloane Dawson
Time is Running Out
2016
Industrial mould, wall clock, action figure, custom made hanging box
29 x 19.5 x 3.25 in
$900
Sloane Dawson
Breaking Free
2014
Wood and glass display case, hand sewn muslin doll, carved wooden object
16.5 x 11.5 x 6.5 in
Sold
Sloane Dawson
Cold Water Flat
2016
Found wood folk art box, appointed with appropriate objects, photograph
14.5 x 18.5 x 11.5 in
$500
Artist’s Statement
“My work is more than a random assortment of material, it is a studied chronicle of objects that give form and design to the flotsam and jetsam of my life.
Although my works deny rationale, I invite the viewer to participate in the imaginative life of my assemblages, and to rejoice with me in the spirit of creativity.
In my teens I decided not to come to the end of my life and discover that I hadn’t lived it, so I set about packing it in with an emphasis on adventure travel.
Some of the highlights are: working as a student tour guide in Europe for 10 years, with extensive bike travel. Traversing the lengths of both the Volga River and the Amazon river by small boat. A dog sled expedition in the Arctic. Learning to fly a Helicopter, and co-piloting a chopper across America: not your average taxi ride!
At age 85 I feel I’ve done a pretty good job of it, but make no mistake: my knapsack is packed and sitting by the door!”
- Sloan Dawson
Biography
Sloane Dawson works with found objects, creating assemblages which both deny rationale and serve as a studied chronicle of the artist’s self described life of adventure and travel.
Her work is dictated by the objects she finds, and expresses both the whit and wisdom which come from her long career in art and her expeditions around the world. Dawson still keeps her knapsack packed and sitting by the door, ready at once for the next adventure.
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