The Islesford Dock Gallery

LOIS DODD

Lois Dodd's paintings are courtesy of the CALDBECK GALLERY in Rockland, Maine.

When we walked into the Caldbeck Gallery on a snowy day this winter, we were immediately captivated by Lois' work. There is strength and a sly sense of humor in these compositions. The women, at play and at work are totally confident, at ease, and familiar.

Nude Watering Squash Plant oil on panel Nudes with Hat and Laurdry oil on panel The Ball Players oil on panel
5 Nudes on Grass oil on panel Nude with Hat and Laundry oil on panel
LOIS DODD is an influential American painter, with work included in major corporate collections, museums in the U.S. and abroad and in numerous prestigious solo and group shows. Mario Naves wrote, she paints lucid canvases with a taut resolution between representation and form.

Hilton Kramer, who writes often about Dodd in the National Review, says that WOMEN AT WORK, her 2001 Caldbeck Gallery exhibit, caused something of a sensation even among her devoted admirers, with its painterly invention, and the richness of its pictorial allusions, and high-octane painterly virtuosity.

She is the recipient of many awards, including the American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters 1991 Purchase Prize. Memberships include the American Academy Institute of Arts and Letters, National Academy of Design, Colby College Museum Advisory Board, and the Skowhegan School Board of Governors.

Collections include Brooklyn College, Bryn Mawr College, Colby College, Cooper Hewitt Art Museum, Dartmouth College Art Museum, Farnsworth Art Museum, National Academy of Design, Ogunquit Museum of American Art, Portland Museum of Art, Springfield Art Museum, Wadsworth Atheneum, Whitney Museum Print Collection, Chase Manhattan Bank of North America, Ciba-Geigy Corporation, First National City Bank, Metropolitan Life Insurance, and R.J.Reynolds Industries.