About the Artist

C harles Dickinson, a Connecticut native, grew up in a family of artists. Charles's grandfather Sidney Dickinson's work hangs in the National Gallery, The High Museum of Art and the Greenville County Museum of Art. Sidney's second cousin, Edwin Dickinson, exhibits in the New York Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Norton Museum of Art. Charles has been commissioned for paintings in such diverse locations as the New York Stock Exchange, The Meadowlands racetrack in New Jersey, and Saratoga Springs, New Youk. IBM, United Technologies, Lenders Bakery, Hallmark, Flagler College, The Hank Williams Museum, The St Joe Company, and numerous private collectors have purchased his work.

Charles began drawing in early childhood. He received four years of formal training at the Paier School of Art in Hamden, Connecticut, and two years of instruction in painting and sculpture at the Lyme Academy of Fine Art in Old Lyme, Connecticut. He has worked as a plein air (open air) landscape painter for more than twenty years and often incorporates imaginative imagery into his landscapes.

He was hired to teach painting a North Hollow School in Rochester, Vermont (1988-89) and at the Johnson College External Degree Program in Johnson, Vermont (1989). Charles has given painting demonstrations at various art leagues around the country.

Charles has been featured in several media formats including the opening presentation on NBC Sports for the PGA Tournament at TCP Sawgrass, Winter Park Magazine (Cover/Fearure artist), Jacksonville's Arbus magazine (Cover Artist/Frearure artist), Northeast Florida's Lifestyles Magazine (Feature), Vermont's What's Where magazine (Cover Artist), Cape Cod Guide (Cover Artist), and newspapers in Vermont and Florida. He often participates in invitational plein air painting events throughout the East. Recent awards in 2011 include "People's Choice Award" at the Easels in Frederick Paint Out,"Honorable Mention" at the Quick Draw at Plein Air Easton and "Best of Show" at Tioga Art Fair. Charles' two-artist exhibit, Visions and Voices: a Musical and Visual Journey was voted favorite art event by the St. Augustine Record's Compass. He is a member, and award wimmer (including Best of Show), of the St. Augustine Art Association, the Artists Alliance of North Florida, the Plein Air Artists of St. Augustine, L;andscape Artists International, and a signature member of Plein Air Florida. Charles is an artist-in-residence at the Dow Museum of Historic Houses.

Charles has been painting the East Coast of the United States for many years and often divides his time between Florida, Pennsylvania, Connecticut, and Vermont. Charles's artistic aim is to continue to create paintings from the landscape and his imagination that capture his vision of the spirit and beauty of nature.

all images: © Charles Dickinson