"Bringing the Museum to You"

By permission of the artist, The Cyber Art Show is pleased to feature the first of two 12-piece Exhibitions of works by American contemporary Impressionist painter Dot Courson (born 1953 in Corinth, Mississippi).

 

Dot cannot remember a time when art was not a part of her life. Today she is a full-time artist whose award-winning paintings can be found in fine art collections all over the U.S. and abroad. 

 

Dot has drawn and painted all of her life, taking her first art courses in college when she returned to school to complete her Master’s in Nursing/ Healthcare Administration. She worked as a registered nurse, nurse administrator and taught nursing for several years while painting part-time and studying privately in the early 90's with the late Billy Kirk- a noted and respected MS artist.  

 

In addition to her instruction with Kirk, Dot has studied all over the U.S. with many of the nation's best and most-prominent artists: Kim English, David Leffel, Robert Johnson, Ray Roberts, Marc Hanson, portrait artist Michael Shane Neal, and landscape artists Roger Dale Brown, John Pototschnik, Dawn Whitelaw, and others.  Over the years she has developed strong friendships with many of these artists and now, with her husband Jackie,  hosts many of these master artists who come to teach their workshops in Pontotoc, Mississippi where the Courson's now live. 

Dot is listed on the Mississippi Writers, Musicians and Artists official website for "Having contributed to the literary and cultural heritage of Mississippi." 

Courson is a member of Oil Painters of America; American Impressionists Society; Portrait Society of America and the 

Mississippi Painters Society. She is a Signature Member of the Women Painters of the Southeast.