Available at the Alberta Craft Gallery - Edmonton & Calgary

Dawn Candy is a visual artist living and working in Red Deer, Alberta. She earned her Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Lethbridge where she studied analytic philosophy and religious studies. She then went on to achieve her diploma in Visual Art from Red Deer College. Currently, she teaches several community art classes in addition to making her pottery.

“I make pottery that concerns change: growth, erosion, order and disorder. Inspired by pattern and by landscape, my pieces often reference natural theatre like wind whipped grasses, turbulent skies or melting ice and snow. I work to depict visual movement across or down the surface of my pottery and also to embed movement into the surface, revealing and concealing layers.

Most recently, my work is directly inspired by the various plants and flowers I encounter in my community. Wild or cultivated, I see them as they change seasonally, endure stresses from sun and wind, and create intricate visual patterns with each other as they drift and twist according to the larger rhythm of the weather.”

ACC Exhibitions: Potworks (2013)