VIVID, RAW & EVER-FASCINATING
Dawn Gonsalves was born on the beautiful island of Jamaica, West Indies, where she likes to say that she was born with a silver paintbrush in her hand rather than a spoon. From the moment she received her first box of crayons, Dawn knew she wanted to be an artist. After drawing all over the family walls, she became fascinated by the way art affected her world and her life.
Her talent was nurtured early on in life by very special teachers and mentors who surrounded her at all times. When she left Jamaica to attend USF, she received a special scholarship to Yale. After completing Yale, she decided to put her love for art on hold to start a family and business with her wonderful husband.
She is the proud mother to three beautiful children and the wife of Leonard Gonsalves. Her family is very important to her, thus she has no regrets. However, at this time, Dawn is back with a vengeance.
She intends to not only pick up where her heart left off but intends to now incorporate more of life’s beauty, pain, and soul into her new art, while still keeping her original reason for bringing so much beauty into the world with her unique style of art. Besides being an artist, Dawn Gonsalves is the co-owner of Rude Bwoy – Graphics/ Spirits / Clothing, which gives her regular exposure to realism, which she typically avoids in her art form. The fact that she prefers to paint on paper rather than canvas allows her to utilize a broader range of media (oils, acrylic, pen, pencil, pastels, oil sticks, collage) more freely.
Her style is distinguished by the way in which she somewhat rejects realism and prefers natural flow as the best way to express her art.
Inspired by the complex world we live in, she uses vibrant colors and her innate ability to play with different mediums to create one-of-a-kind abstract art pieces that stimulate conversation, stir intrigue, and inspire positive feelings.
Featured Collection
19" x 27" Prints are available. (Signed or Unsigned) Call for details.
