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The Arts
by Darrell McGarvey
Boulder City Art Guild

Boulder City Artist Profile
Some people know Dorothy Conner but everyone knows Dottie! Maybe you don’t know her but you might know her voice. She loves to call people to sell for the non-profits or to let everyone know of meetings or events. Then there are folks that love Dottie’s artwork. She is an accomplished pastelist and likes oils and watercolors too.

Dottie was transplanted from Birmingham, MI via Inglewood, CA after her children were grown. She and her late husband lived there ten years before moving to Boulder City. She was always interested in art and when she got here she met some artists and started taking lessons. She studied oils with Steve Lesnick and watercolors with Cliff Segerblom. When she found James McLean she also found pastels!

Pastels are her favorite medium and she has done well with them. She enjoys trying to capture the subtle beauty of Nevada... the flowers, mountains and Lake Mead. She says, “Each day seems to have a different mood, and the challenge is to put it down on a flat surface and make it look three-dimensional.”

She enjoys hiking, learning the names of flowers, birds, trees, and discovering the history of the area.


Pastel by Dorothy Conner

She has been actively working with the Hoe and Grow Garden Club, Boulder City Art Guild, Boulder City Arts Council and is the founder of the Boulder City First Night® celebration every New Year’s Eve. She doesn’t join these things just to be a member! She welcomes working on their boards and has held offices in them all. She was President of the Guild for a record FIVE consecutive years. I’m not sure if everyone wanted Dottie to stay on or if nobody would take the job but she didn’t seem to mind. She’s great to have around when a volunteer is needed.

Her work is available in the Boulder City Art Guild Gallery in the Boulder Dam Hotel. Visit the Boulder City Art Guild at www.bouldercityartguild.org




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