Dana Hawley was born and raised in Marin County, CA where she grew up hiking the many trails that crisscross Mt. Tamalpais. She received her Bachelor of Art degree, with honors, from the University of California at Davis where she majored in Biological Illustration. She worked in this exacting genre for five years and when the opportunity arose to attend the San Francisco Art Institute and explore the opposite end of the artistic spectrum, she was ready.

Living in the Dry Creek Valley, raising her family and painting is Hawley’s life. She teaches an annual plein air workshop and continues to show and sell her work.

“WARM & SAFE” is an original work, mixed media on a wood panel, unframed. Her ‘nest’ series uses simple materials to provide form and function and to represent how resilient nature is.