Rehoboth Art League names Dale Sheldon 2018 Cottage Tour artist
The Rehoboth Art League has awarded artist Dale Sheldon the commission to paint the eight homes on the 2018 Cottage Tour of Art, to be held this July.
Sheldon studied at Moore College of Art in Philadlephia and graduated with honors from the University of Maryland. Exploring a variety of subject matter, Sheldon is a painter who works dynamically with a sense of immediacy and luminous color. She is primarily a studio painter, collecting images and impressions from around the world. Exploring light and atmosphere, and color relationships, her paintings interpret and express moods, memories or impressions. Her style of painting with watercolor reflects both wet on wet and layering techniques with rich color washes, while fluid acrylic paintings with masking techniques create flat and bold graphic images.
An award-winning artist, Sheldon is a member of Potomac Valley Watercolorists, a founding officer and signature member of the Delaware Watercolor Society, and a signature member of Baltimore Watercolor Society. She was a participating artist in Rehoboth Beach's Dolphins: the SEAquel, a Rehoboth Beach Main Street/Rehoboth Art League installation project. Her paintings were part of an international exhibition shown in Cairo, Egypt, and she has shown in Greve in Chianti, Italy. Her paintings can be seen at Gallery One in Ocean View, the Rehoboth Art League in Henlopen Acres, and in various other shows, exhibitions and private collections.
The 69th Annual Cottage Tour of Art will be held from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., Tuesday and Wednesday, July 10 and 11.
Sheldon will create a pastel of each of the seven private homes, as well as the art league's historic Peter Marsh Homestead. Images of Sheldon's works will be used in the tour program, and her original watercolors will be awarded to the homeowners during a June thank you reception. Sheldon's rendition of the historic Homestead will be available for purchase as a giclée print in the gallery during the Cottage Tour.
Cottage Tour tickets are $35 per person. For more information or to purchase tickets, go to www.rehobothartleague.org or call 302-227-8408. The tour is appropriate for ages 13 and above. By mid-June, tickets will also be available at several local locations to be announced on the website. The Cottage Tour of Art is underwritten by J. Conn Scott.
