Light After Rain
Height: 120cm Width: 180cm
Light After Rain
Height: 120cm Width: 180cm
Traces of Quiet Rain
Height: 100cm Width: 137cm
The Weight of Stillness
Height: 152cm Width: 122cm
Into the Quiet
Height: 180cm Width: 180cm
Into the Quiet
Height: 180cm Width: 180cm
Coastal Rhythm
Height: 120cm Width: 120cm
Coastal Rhythm
Height: 120cm Width: 120cm
Whispers of the Earth
Height: 120cm Width: 180cm
Summer Hues
Height: 122cm Width: 152cm
Summer Hues
Height: 122cm Width: 152cm
Feeling of Spring
Height: 122cm Width: 182cm
Feeling of Spring
Height: 122cm Width: 182cm
Where the Canopy Breathes
Height: 90cm Width: 90cm
After The Red Cools
Height: 100cm Width: 100cm
Forest Afterglow
Height: 110cm Width: 150cm
Colourfield Garden
Height: 120cm Width: 120cm
Lush Escarpment
Height: 110cm Width: 100cm
Beneath The Open Sky
Height: 110cm Width: 100cm
Lush Escarpment and Beneath The Open Sky
Height: 110cm Width: 100cm
At the Edge of Evening
Height: 90cm Width: 90cm
Inspiration
Height: 100cm Width: 122cm
Petal Breeze
Height: 76cm Width: 76cm
Garden Time 1
Height: 60cm Width: 60cm
Garden Time 2
Height: 60cm Width: 60cm
Where Foliage Gives Way
Height: 50cm Width: 50cm
Where Light Settles
Height: 50cm Width: 50cm
Peaceful Harmony installed
Height: 111cm Width: 168cm
Morning Harbour - interior by Brett Mickan Interior Design
Height: 91cm Width: 91cm
Upcoming Exhibition Nature. My rest. My calm. at Art2Muse Gallery 8 – 21 September 2026
Meet the Artist 1pm – 3pm Saturday 12 September 2026
Artist Statement
Nature is where I find rest, calm and belonging. I paint the landscape not as I see it, but as I feel it. My paintings grow from the lasting impressions nature leaves within me: Shifting light, reflections, layered vegetation, the scent after rain and moments of stillness.
Working intuitively with layers of colour, texture and gesture, I allow each painting to evolve through a process of discovery. I build, soften, obscure and reveal, often removing as much as I add. Earlier marks remain beneath the surface, carrying the history of the painting and reflecting the continual cycles of change and renewal I observe in nature.
Abstraction gives me the freedom to move beyond describing a particular landscape. Instead, I am interested in atmosphere, space and the sensations and memories that remain after experiencing a place. Through this process, memory, feeling and imagination come together to form an inner landscape.
Painting, for me, is meditative. I become completely absorbed in the act of making. I am awake, alert and present, allowing the painting to find its own resolution.
Biography
Dana Dion is a Sydney-based contemporary artist whose abstract paintings explore the landscape through atmosphere, colour, texture and gesture.
She studied at Emily Carr University in Vancouver and the Hampstead School of Art in London and has undertaken further professional development with American artist and educator Steven Aimone. Since 2005, painting has been her full time practice.
In 2026, Dion undertook artist residencies at the New England Regional Art Museum (NERAM) in Armidale and the Château d’Orquevaux in France, further developing her exploration of atmosphere, memory and abstraction.
She has held 13 solo exhibitions, and her work has been exhibited in selected group exhibitions throughout Australia, France, Canada and the United States.
She is the recipient of the Gosford Art Prize, the Belle Property Acquisitive Art Prize, the Art in the Hills Acquisitive Prize and the Hunters Hill Regional Art Prize, among many other awards and finalist exhibitions.
Her work is held in private and public collections and has been commissioned for residential, commercial and institutional spaces.
Solo Exhibitions
2026 — Art2Muse Gallery, Sydney
2024 — Art2Muse Gallery, Sydney
2023 — Milk Factory Gallery, Bowral
2022 — Art2Muse Gallery, Sydney
2020 — Art2Muse Gallery, Sydney
2019 — West End Art Space, Melbourne
2019 — Milk Factory Gallery, Bowral
2018 — Art2Muse Gallery, Sydney
2017 — Without Pier Gallery, Melbourne
2017 — Art2Muse Gallery, Sydney
2015 — Art2Muse Gallery, Sydney
2014 — Art2Muse Gallery, Sydney
2012 — Art2Muse Gallery, Sydney
Selected Awards, Residencies and Art Prizes
2026
Artist Residency — Château d’Orquevaux, France
Artist Residency — New England Regional Art Museum (NERAM), Armidale
Finalist — Hunters Hill Art Prize
2025
Finalist — Gosford Art Prize
Finalist – Hunters Hill Art Prize
2024
Finalist — Adelaide Perry Art Prize
2023
Finalist — Lane Cove Art Prize
Finalist — Gosford Art Prize
Invited Artist — Korean Cultural Centre
Finalist — Hunters Hill Art Prize
2022
Finalist — Gosford Art Prize
2020
Finalist — John Leslie Art Prize, Gippsland Art Gallery
2019
Winner — Hunters Hill Regional Art Prize
Winner — Belle Property Acquisitive Art Prize
Winner — Lloyd Rees Art Award
2018
Winner — Hunters Hill Regional Art Prize
2017
Winner — Gosford Art Prize
First Prize — Art in the Hills Acquisitive Prize
Highly Commended — Hunters Hill Regional Art Prize
Dana has also been selected as a finalist in numerous art prizes including the Mosman Art Prize, KAAF Art Prize, Fisher’s Ghost Art Award, North Sydney Art Prize, Kings Art Prize, ANL Maritime Art Prize, Muswellbrook Art Prize, Blacktown City Art Prize, Kogarah Art Prize, Outback Art Prize, Cowra Art Prize and Waverley Art Prize.
Selected Press & Media
Australian House & Garden, April 2018
Home Beautiful, March 2017
Australian House & Garden, October 2015
The North Shore Times, November 2014
A La Mode Sydney, 2015
Eastside Radio — Interview, July 2012
Australian Jewish News, 2006, 2010, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2017
SBS Radio — Interview, August 2010
The Australian — August 2010
Inner West Weekly — November 2006
Selected Public Collections & Commissions
North Sydney Council — Mayor’s Office
Lifestyle Manor, Bondi NSW — Commission of 27 artworks
Oakhill College