Lois Dodd (b. 1927) is celebrated for her meditative, observational paintings of landscapes and still lives. Working primarily on a modest scale with wood panels, Dodd has painted her immediate surroundings for over fifty years. Her work depicts a variety of places, including the Lower East Side, the coast of Maine, and the Deleware Water Gap. Dodd frequently revisits familiar motifs during different seasons, which allows her to achieve varied results and connect to her innovative spirit. Born in Montclair, New Jersey, Dodd studied at Cooper Union and co-founded the Tanager Gallery, an artist cooperative, where she exhibited her work. Her artistic journey was highlighted by a major retrospective in 2012 called “Catching the Light”, which featured over 50 works spanning 60 years and was showcased at the Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art in Kansas City and the Portland Museum of Art in Maine.

Dodd’s work can be found in permenant collections of museums throughout the United States and Europe, including The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA), the Whitney Museum of American Art, The Morgan Library and Museum, Yale University Art Gallery, Portland Museum of Art, National Portrait Gallery, Wadsworth Atheneum, Cooper Hewitt Museum, Museo dell’Arte, and Kunstmuseum Den Haag, amongst others.