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Joseph Dawley Originals

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DESIGNERS GALLERY IS HONORED TO HAVE JOSEPH DAWLEY ORIGINALS


June Sunset Casts A Glow At The White House

USA TODAY - THURSDAY, DECEMBER 19, 1996

ARTIST'S "JUNE SUNSET" CASTS A GLOW AT THE WHITE HOUSE

WASHINGTON - When President Clinton saw a photo of the painting - a lush, impressionist - style panorama of Georgetown University overlooking the Potomac River - it was love at first sight. With one phone call, the White House sent a Secret Service van last spring to fetch the 4 foot - by - 2 foot canvas from a local gallery. it had found a home in the private quarters of Bill and Hillary Rodham Clinton on Pennsylvania Avenue. For artist Joseph Dawley, this was the crowning moment in a career deeply affected by a prolonged struggle with Parkinson's disease, the degenerative neurological ailment that impairs muscle control.
Joseph Dawley June Sunset Over The Potomac

JUNE SUNSET OVER THE POTOMAC

When Dawley got word that his June Sunset Over the Potomac was on official loan to the president, the 60-year-old Cranford, NJ resident couldn't believe it. "I'm just very proud, very honored," he says. "This probably puts five years on my life." Though he is seldom well enough to leave his studio, Dawley is eager to accept a recent invitation to visit the White House before Christmas. It will be an opportunity to see his painting hanging in the private quarters and to meet a president he has long admired. For years, Dawley had hoped that one of his paintings would hang in the White House.

His works have been on display at the Vatican, St. Patrick's Cathedral in New York and other institutions. Cartier jewelers incorporated two of his works into Christmas cards in the late 1980s. And a number of high - profile people, including Secretary of State designate Madeleine Albright and former presidential contender George McGovern, have collected his paintings. But a sitting president... Gigi Dawley, the painter's wife, says she "darn near caused an accident on the Jersey Turnpike" after she called home by cellular phone and was told by her husband that he had just heard from the curator of the White House.

Dawley hopes his painting has found a home. "After I die, I'd like it to go to the permanent collection. I have said so in my will." But the White House invitation means more to him than money. "I'm beside myself, to be honest."

INVESTMENT ORIGINAL OILS NOW AVAILABLE

joseph dawley harkness gardens estate

HARKNESS GARDENS ESTATE

Oil on Canvas 
27" x 33" 
circa 1986 
jospeh dawley the trellis

THE TRELLIS

Oil on Canvas 
20" X 24"
circa 1993
joseph dawley harkness gardens estate

THE FISH MARKET

Oil on Masonite
17" x 24"
Circa 1972
Boys on the bridge joseph dawley

BOYS ON THE BRIDGE

Original on Board
Circa 1973
24" x 40"
joseph dawley harkness gardens estate

LEARNING THE KNOTS

Original oil on board
21" x 28"
Circa 1977
Boys on the bridge joseph dawley

MAN WITH PIPE

Original oil on canvas
Circa 1976
16"x 20"
joseph dawley harkness gardens estate

MAN BREAKING BREAD

Original oil on board
36" x 36"
Circa 1972
Hand carved Gold gilded frame by Munn
Boys on the bridge joseph dawley

MAN WITH A BRANDY

Original oil on canvas
Circa 1976
joseph dawley harkness gardens estate

BOTTOMS UP

Oil on canvas
16" x 20"
Circa 1973
Boys on the bridge joseph dawley

MAN WITH BEARD

Oil on canvas
Brooklyn Botanical Gardens

GIRL IN LAVENDER HAT

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