Dawn created her first street painting 38 years ago at the I Madonnari festival in Santa Barbara, California, USA, and has continued to participate in at least one festival every single year since.
Dawn completed an Art Minor while pursuing her Physics and Mechanical Engineering degrees, and she has always continued to travel to festivals while still working in the Aerospace, Semiconductor, and advanced technical imaging industries, or while she was home raising her twin boys.
Dawn's street art varies from classic reproductions honoring her Italian ancestry to recently more contemporary compositions. She loves to focus on variations of the female portrait across the ages. Dawn has been a featured artist at many festivals throughout the USA, has won many awards, and her art has been used in commercial and promotional work.
Two recent achievements that she is most proud of are: being selected as the featured artist at the 2022 "I Madonnari" festival in Santa Barbara which was a dream since she was 13 years old, and in 2023 achieving her lifetime goal of participating in the Grazie de Curtatone festival in Italy, where she took home 3rd place in the Semplice division, graduating to the Qualificati division.
Dawn still lives in Southern California with her husband, sons, and their rescue dog. When not in the office, with family, or streetpainting, Dawn is learning to create more permanent pieces, expanding into murals and portraiture.
