Dana Levine

I spent my professional career as a scientist and science educator. After moving to California, I studied painting and developed an interest in digital photography. Today, I exhibit and sell both photographs and paintings.

As an artist and a scientist I know that art and science are not really an unlikely combination. Both strive to see nature with a fresh eye. In my work, I explore the inner richness of nature and the human form in a visual medium, looking for the structure underneath the surface, using the original colors our eyes combine together. My style is impressionism; my ideas expressed in pigments and through the camera lens. My aim: to find beauty in unexpected and unlikely places.

I studied with painters, Ken Goldman and Annette Paquet, photographers Stephen Burns and Jim Cline. I belong to San Diego Watercolor Society, La Jolla Art Association, Digital Art Guild, and UCSD Visual Arts Group. I am a judge for the San Diego Watercolor Society.

Awards:

District 117 Gallery: Finalist Juried Photography Show 2008

Studio of Art & Design: Invitational Juried Watermedia Exhibit, Honorable Mention 2005,2007

San Diego Airport Authority: 2004 Banner Competition

San Diego Art Institute: 2005 Hon. Men. San Diego County Fair: 2009 two Hon. Men 2008 1st Pl, Hon. Men; 2006 1st Pl, Hon. Men; 2005 4th Pl, 5th Pl,2004 Hon. Men

San Diego Hospice: 2008 3rd Pl.

San Diego Watercolor Soc: 2006 three Hon. Men; 2005 Jurors Comm; Nov. 2004 Jurors Comm; Feb.2004 Hon. Men; 2003 3rd Pl.

La Jolla Art Assoc: 2009 Hon Men; 2007 Hon Men; 2006 Hon Merit; 1st Pl; 2004 Most Dramatic Use Light and Shadow

I generally exhibit my work in San Diego, usually at the La Jolla Art Assoc., San Diego Watercolor Society, San Diego Hospice, Digital Art Guild, and Gallery 21 in Balboa Park.

Shows, 2009:

Digital Art Guild: May (juried), Jun (juried)

Emory Univ Law Sch: Jan-Apr one woman exhibition (juried)

Gallery 21: Apr (juried), Aug, Sep

La Jolla Art Assoc: Aug, Oct

La Jolla Hist. Soc. Secret Garden Tour: May

Mission Trails Reg. Pk: Feb juried

San Diego County Fair Jun=Jul

Scripps Memorial Hosp. Jun-Sep. juried