About the Artist

Abstract art work for sale, original oil and acrylic paintings, modern and comtemporary by Dawn Lim

Dawn with her dogs, Zig and Zag
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Born in England, 1949, a baby boomer, I did as my parents bid, by getting a safe career and forgo my desire to be an artist. I didn’t give up my painting and drawing though and continued on and off throughout my years.

I followed my mother to Australia in 1976 where I eventually got my chance to fulfill my dreams and with my husband’s support studied painting at the University of Ballarat, in 1993, graduating with a Bachelor of Arts and great joy in 1996 with a whole new perspective on art and the art world.

 "I always loved my recreational activities but now I have studied art in the form of painting, I have a personal way to express myself that I only dreamed of before."

"I discovered a unique style to develop my expression, taken from the surrealist automatic drawing technique of making marks on the support and communicating with what is found. The marks just about talk back to me and let me know what I should do next and the ideas just grow."

I had a bit of a rough ride in my youth and young adult years falling prey to the sixties and becoming schizophrenic by my early twenties, losing about ten years to sheer hell but through it all I have found my Zen, thanks to Jesus Christ for the journey and the atonement.

I now have a happy home life with my husband Chai and my mum who lives nearby and my two dogs that I refer to as the grandchildren we will never have and who accompany me in my studio sitting on their own couch as you can see.

I’m not much with words and prefer visuals so I hope you can enjoy my artworks as much as I have enjoyed creating them."

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Awards
2008                        Commonwealth scholarship

Exhibitions

2008                           Fresh Abstractions
                                   Mad Gallery, Lancefield, Victoria, Australia 


2007                           Retrospective
                                   Mad Gallery, Lancefield, Victoria, Australia 

2006                           Online Gallery

                                  www.dawnlim.com

2005                           "Soul  Journeys",
                                  Grainery Lane Theatre, Ballarat

2003                           "Linear Works"
                                  Grainery Lane Theatre, Ballarat

2001                            The Front, Doveton St, Ballarat.

2000                            The Uniting Church
                                    Dawson St, Ballarat.

1999                            The Front, Doveton St, Ballarat.

1998                            Anachronism, Sturt St, Ballarat.

1997                            "Roar" Gallery, Melbourne.
                                    Members Exhibition.
                                    Icons, Angels and free spirits
                                    Butter Factory, Clunes.

1996                            International Women's Day
                                   Visual and Performing Arts Exhibition.

1995                            Final year student exhibition
                                    University of Ballarat.
                            
                                    "Unique Advent" Painting and drawing
                                     Student exhibition.
                                            
                                    "Art in Public Places"
                                    Sponsored by the Ararat Fine Art Gallery.

                                    "Flinders Ranges and Beyond"
                                    Student exhibition Founders Hall, University of Ballarat.                                        
                                    George Patton Gallery
                                    University of Melbourne.    

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