ARTWALKER Artist Biography

Dorothy Spangler
As a young girl, Dorothy Spangler knew what her life's work was going to be the instant she first walked into an artist's studio and smelled the paint. Born in St. Louis, Missouri, she has spent most of her life in California, the Golden State, which provides the perfect environment for her love of sunlight and color.
After graduating from the College of San Mateo with a major in art, she studied for several years under the distinguished William Ward of Los Altos. Later, she was accepted for study under the master painter Henry Hensche at his Cape School of Art, the oldest art school in Cape Cod. Under his strict tutelage she learned the secret of painting sunlight which is so prominent in her work.
On her yearly pilgrimage through Europe in her quest for new material, she recently fell under the spell of Paris and the French countryside. The bustling cafes of Paris, the peaceful landscapes of the Basque country, and the flower markets of Provence are her current passion.
Dorothy Spangler has had many successful one woman shows and is listed in the archives of the National Museum of Women in the Arts, Washington, D.C. Her work hangs in such notable places as the Eisenhower Memorial Hospital in Palm Desert, Stanford University, The Monterey Institute of International Studies, and The Lodge at Pebble Beach. In addition, her work has been purchased for many important private collections throughout the world. She has also been interviewed on radio and television, and was the guest of honor at the Prix de Barbizon in France.
The unique and fresh style of her work, radiating light and warmth, expresses Dorothy Spangler's intuitive ability to distill from the foibles of life a joy that is unquenchable.
On March 1, 1994, Union Square Galleries proudly signed the world exclusive for the work of Dorothy Spangler.
Dorothy Spangler's Oil Transparency
In search of a technique that would truly fulfill her expression of light, Dorothy Spangler found an archivally safe board the perfect surface to convey the lightness, joy and freshness of her work. Due to the fluidity with which she overlays color and the finishing touches completed with a palette knife, she named the results of her research the oil transparency. With the warm, deep colors of oil and the spontaneity of water color, the technique is aptly named, for the paintings have a live transparency that gives the effect of light radiating from within.

Dorothy Spangler As a young girl, Dorothy Spangler knew what her life's work was going to be the instant she first walked into an artist's studio and smelled the paint. Born in St. Louis, Missouri, she has spent most of her life in California, the Golden State, which provides the perfect environment for her love of sunlight and color. After graduating from the College of San Mateo with a major in art, she studied for several years under the distinguished William Ward of Los Altos. Later, she was accepted for study under the master painter Henry Hensche at his Cape School of Art, the oldest art school in Cape Cod. Under his strict tutelage she learned the secret of painting sunlight which is so prominent in her work. On her yearly pilgrimage through Europe in her quest for new material, she recently fell under the spell of Paris and the French countryside. The bustling cafes of Paris, the peaceful landscapes of the Basque country, and the flower markets of Provence are her current passion. Dorothy Spangler has had many successful one woman shows and is listed in the archives of the National Museum of Women in the Arts, Washington, D.C. Her work hangs in such notable places as the Eisenhower Memorial Hospital in Palm Desert, Stanford University, The Monterey Institute of International Studies, and The Lodge at Pebble Beach. In addition, her work has been purchased for many important private collections throughout the world. She has also been interviewed on radio and television, and was the guest of honor at the Prix de Barbizon in France. The unique and fresh style of her work, radiating light and warmth, expresses Dorothy Spangler's intuitive ability to distill from the foibles of life a joy that is unquenchable. On March 1, 1994, Union Square Galleries proudly signed the world exclusive for the work of Dorothy Spangler. Dorothy Spangler's Oil Transparency In search of a technique that would truly fulfill her expression of light, Dorothy Spangler found an archivally safe board the perfect surface to convey the lightness, joy and freshness of her work. Due to the fluidity with which she overlays color and the finishing touches completed with a palette knife, she named the results of her research the oil transparency. With the warm, deep colors of oil and the spontaneity of water color, the technique is aptly named, for the paintings have a live transparency that gives the effect of light radiating from within.

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