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Dolores Smiller - Dancing Mushrooms - Open StudiosDescription
Dolores Smiller of Pittsburgh, PA is a painter, photographer and mixed multi-media artist. She has been recognized in many art venues for her painting and glass blowing and was a recipient of a national award for outstanding photography from Eastman Kodak. She volunteered her time for years as the team photographer and reporter for her daughter’s swim teams and photographed and provided various artistic designs for many events for the Carnegie Mellon University Mechanical and Chemical Engineering Departments. Her local library hosted two art shows in recent years featuring just her work and she has been sought out and commissioned to create paintings and drawings for individuals. Recently, she donated architectural drawings of stained glass windows for a local historic group fundraiser.
While not a professional artist, Dolores has pursued the study of art her whole life completing many courses mostly through the Design and Painting and Sculpture Departments of Carnegie Mellon University School of Fine Arts.
Watercolor study is her most recent passion and she takes a class locally in the Pittsburgh area. She is extremely appreciative to have the opportunity to join the online AWE program classes, in addition. According to Dolores, "The COVID restrictions on any type of gatherings (art classes) paralyzed my creative soul. It caused me to not create any artwork for more than a year. My heartfelt thanks to AWE for restarting me!"
