Mikki Root Dillon
Lilburn, Georgia
Email:paintnmikki@mindspring.com
www.southeasternpastel.org
www.pastelpainterssocietyofcapecod.com.
Media
Pastel, pen and ink,watercolor,pencil and
photography.
Ohio State University and Columbus College (GA)
Workshops and study with Frank Webb, Skip Lawrence, Alex Powers, Don Andrews, Katherine Chang Liu, Marilyn Hughey Phillis, Maxine Masterfield in painting; Kay Polk, Albert Handell, Flora Giffuni, Doug Dawson, Alan Flattmann, Carole Katchen and Sally Strand (all Master Pastelists) and Wolf Kahn in pastels.
Married with three grown children. Lives in
Lilburn,
Georgia.
- Knickerbocker Artists USA (signature)
- Pastel Society of America (Signature)
- Atlanta Artists' Center (Member of
Excellence)
- Southeastern Pastel Society, officer (Member of Excellence)
- A.R. T. Station Georgia
Watercolor Society
- Pastel Society of North Florida (signature & Distinguished Pastellist)
- Heartland Pastel Society
- Pastel Society of
New Mexico
- Midwest Pastel Society (signature)
- Tennessee Art League
(signature)
- Allied Artists of America
- Catherine Lorillard Wolfe Art Club, NY (full member)
- Pastel Society of the West Coast
(signature member & Distinguished Pastellist)
- Degas Pastel Society (juried)
- Pastel Painters's Society of Cape Cod (signature)
- Plein Air Painters of Georgia
- Society of Experimental Artists (signature)
- LA Watercolor Society
- Southern Watercolor Society
- Pastel Society of America '97, '01
(Award)
Allied Artists of America '97
Georgia Watercolor Society Regional '87, '92 (Purchase Award), National '87
- LA W/C Natl '88 (Award), '03
- Southeastern Pastel Society '88,'89,'92,'93,'94,'97 (Award) [Mernb], '99 (Award) [Mernb], '01 [Memb]; '03 [Memb] (Award); '90 Inti (Award), '91 Inti (Award), '92 Inti (Award), '93 Inti (Award), '94 Inti (Award), '96 Inti, '98 Inti., 2000 Inti, 2002 Inti (Award),04
- MD Pastel Society Biennial '89, '91, '93
- NW Pastel Society '89, '90 (Award) '93 (Award), '94 (Award), '95 (Award), '95 (Award) '96 (Best in Show), '98 (Award), 2000
- DeKalb Council for the Arts '89, '90, '93, '95.
- Catherine Lorillard Wolfe '89, '90 (Award), '92,
'93,
'94, '95, '96, '97, 03
- American Artists Professional League '89.
- Pastel Society of North Florida Biennial '90
(Award),
'92, '94 (Award), '96 (Award), '98 (Award) '00 (Award), '02, 04 (Award)
- Midwest Pastel Society '90, '91, '92, '97, '98 (Award)
- Central South Exhibit '90 (Award), '91, '92, '94, '95, '96, '97, '98, '99 (Award) '00 (Award), '01 (award), '02, '03
- Kansas Pastel Society '90
- Winston-Salem Associated Artists' "Predominantly Pastel" Exhibit, juried by Wolf Kahn, '91 (Purchase Award)
- Knickerbocker '91 (Award)
- Valdosta State College Works on Paper '92 (Award), '93
- Pastel Society West Coast '92 (Award) & Travel Show, '93 (Award), '94 (Award), '95 (Award), '96 (Award) '97(Award), '98, '02, '03 (Award)
- Allied Artists of Winston-Salem Henley Juried Exhibition, '92, '93
- Degas Pastel Society, '92 (Award) & Travel Show, '00 (Award) & Travel Show, '02 (Award)
- Florida Pastel Association, '92, '97 (Award)
- A. R. T. Station Juried '91, '92, '93, '94, '95,
'96,
Juror in '97, '98, '99, '00, '01 (Award), '02, 03, 03, 05
- Alabama Watercolor Society '94
- Society of Experimental Artists '94, '00
- Pastel Society of New Mexico '94, '95 (Award), '97, '98.
- Salmagundi Non-member '95 (Award), '96, '97 (Award), '03
- Hilton Head Art League '97 (1st Pastel), '99
(Award),
'00 (Award), '01 (Award), '02, 03, 04
- Heartland Pastel Society '97 (Award), '98 (Award)
- Heartland Art Association '99, '00, '03 (2nd), ’04,
‘05
- Great Plains National 2000
- Pastel Painters of Maine '00 (Award) 04
(Award)
- Pastel Painters of Cape Cod '01 (Award), 02 (Award), '03 (Award).04
- Audubon Artists '03
- DeKalb College '90
- Snellville Humana Hospital '90
- United Universalist Congregation, Atlanta '90, '92, '97
- Colquitt County Center for Arts '91
- Etowah Gallery, Cartersville, GA '91;'98,'99
- Steeple House AC '91
- Art Place,Cobb County '92
- J.H. Webb Gallery, Macon, GA '92, '93
- Creatuve Arts Guild, Dalton GA '92
- Gwinnett County Courthouse
Invitational '92
- St. Edward Episcopal Church '90, '92,'93
- So. Bell Center '93
- Art in Motion -GA Tech, '93, '95
- A.R.T. Station Invitational '93 '94 '95 '96'
- Figure Mentor Exhib '96
- Georgia Govemor's Office, '96/97
- Tallulah Gallery '97
- NAC/14th St Playhouse '97
- "Figure . 15",Carnegie Arts Center, Covington, KY '97
- Emory University Student Center Gallery '99, Atlanta GA
- Swan Coach House Gallery, '99/00
- Vista Gallery 2000 & 2001
- SPS/Bellsouth Corporate Center '00, UUC/Atia '00
- "Irony &
Ecstasy" Columbia Theological Seminary,Decatur GA
2000
- PAPGA; Dawsonville-Bowen Center for the Arts 2001
- "Lee Farms Then & Now", Lawrenceville - 2001
- PAPGA; Rabun Gap/Nacoochee School, 2002
- "Shoulder to Foot", Quinlan Center for the Arts, Gainesville GA
- "Southworks” ’04, ’05, Watkinsville GA
- Church of the Atonement '89, '92
- St. Edward Episcopal Church '91 '93
- Emory Rehab Hospital '90; Old Court House
- Lawrenceville, GA, '93;'99
- Goodyear Mansion, Jekyll Is, GA, '93
- UUC/Gwinnett '97
- ART Station '00
- "Best in Pastel" '96
- "Best in Portraiture" '97
- "Portrait Inspirations" '97
- Pastel Artist International, MarlApr '01 and 8 pg feature article Jul/Aug '01
- Pastel Journal, May/June '03, 2+ pp by Madlyn-Ann C. Woolwich
-
The Hambidge Center '98, '99, '02.
- Citizens Bank of Gwinnett; DeKalb College, Decatur, GA; Carroll County, GA; Creative Arts Guild, Dalton, GA; Buick/BMW Corp, Winston-Salem, NC; Brenau College, Gainesville, GA; A.R.T. Station, Stone Mountain, GA; and numerous private collections.
- (workshops) Creative Arts Guild, Dalton, GA,
'93
"Nude in Pastel", ART
Station, Stone Mountain, GA, '95
- (courses) "Pastel Painting", J.C. Hudgens (formerly
Gwinnett) Center
for the Arts, Lawrenceville, GA, 95-Wtr. '02
- J. Reid Gallery, Buford, GA, 95/96
- Gallery at St. Edward's, '90 to present
- Southeastern Pastel Society newsletter, ("DustBuster") '89 to 2007.