Dozier Bell: Painter, Gardener, Guide.

The artist we need right now: she expresses on canvas what we can’t put into words.

By Sofia Voltin

Drawn from memories, experiences, and reflections of a life instilled with natural philosophical curiosity, the paintings and charcoal drawings by Dozier Bell stir the hearts of Mainers, art fans, collectors, and casual viewers alike. She was born in Lewiston in 1957 but grew up in Bath and Manchester. Her work frequently presents our dramatic Maine landscape through the lens of her childhood. She’s received several awards, including an American Academy of Arts and Letters Purchase Prize, a National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship, a Fulbright Fellowship as artist-in-residence in Germany, two Pollock-Krasner Foundation Grants, and the Adolf and Esther Gottlieb Foundation Grant. Her residencies include the Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, the Rockefeller Foundation’s Bellagio Center, the MacDowell Colony, and the Monhegan Artists’ Residency in 2019. She lives and works in Waldoboro.

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