About Dawn Inglis Montgomery
Artist Biography
Dawn Inglis Montgomery is a fine art painter living and working in Jacksonville, Florida. She took drawing and painting courses while studying architecture and city planning at the University of Virginia. Completing her master's degree at the Georgia Institute of Technology she worked for seven years in the city planning field. Influenced by this background, she is drawn to the angles and planes found in the urban and natural landscape. Her paintings have been shown at ArtFields (Lake City, SC), the Cummer Museum (Jacksonville, FL), the Jacksonville International Airport, the University of Southern Mississippi Art Museum (Hattiesburg, MS), the LaGrange Art Museum (LaGrange, GA), the Lamar Dodd Art Center (LaGrange, GA), Martin Arts (Stuart, FL), and the Fort Myers Alliance for the Arts (Fort Myers, FL).
Artist Statement
Dawn is inspired by George Bellows, Edward Hopper and the American Realism Movement depicting the lives and everyday activities of ordinary people. The feeling of isolation that Hopper captured in the mid-20th century is now echoed in our post-pandemic and increasingly digital world. Montgomery brings a regionalism to her work focusing on southeastern manufacturing industries and the skilled laborer behind the scenes. Highlighting the overlooked and hidden corners that many pass by, her paintings juxtapose resilience and decay, nature and industry, to find beauty.