Biographical History

  Dorothy went to the American Academy of Art in Chicago studying life drawing and oil painting under Douglas Graves and Joseph Vanden Broucke. She was influenced as a child by her father's interest in painting and who also attended the American Academy of Art and later would be President of the Palette and Chisel Academy of Fine Arts in Chicago 1967-69.

Working directly from life or imagination she has been painting outdoors or using the model for the past thirty years. Inspired by her feeling towards the subject, she works using both color and value to create the emotional response she feels.

Her paintings have been exhibited in American Impressionist Society Exhibits, Oil Painters of America National Exhibition in Chicago, Women Artists of the West, CA., National Oil and Acrylic Exhibit, MO.,J & W National Painting Exhibition. PA., Old West Museum. WY., Mountain Oyster Invitiational Exhibit, AR.,Gilcrease Museum-American Art in Miniature,OK.,National Assn. of Women Artists, N.Y. Palette and Chisel Academy of Art, Chicago, Germantown  Gallery Invitational Miniature, N.C. Wichita Art Association Small Oil National exhibits,  Kansas, New Mexico National Small Painting Exhibit, among many others.

Gallery representation has included  Gallery 30, Pa. Volaire Gallery, CT.,Huntsman Gallery, CO., Studio of Long Grove, Il.,Rosequist Gallery,AR., White Oak Gallery, MN.,Broden Gallery, WI.

She has appeared in the Chicago Tribune, Daily Herald, Pioneer Press and the Des Plaines Journal.
She has written an article for the Artist Magazine titled 'Gliding over the Details'.1995

She has given workshops and demonstrations and teaches oil painting.  In 2008 she was invited a Guest Artist in the  Snake RiverPlein Air Painters Annual Exhibit.

She has been a member or is presently a member of such organizations as
Oil Painters of America Charter Member
Palette and Chisel Academy of Fine Art, Chicago
American Academy of Women Artists- Past Signature member
Transparent Watercolor Society
American Impressionist Society Signature member
Women Artists of the West Past Signature Member
Palette and Chisel Academy of Fine Art -Artist Member

Her work has been exhibited in
 Hilligoss Galleries of Long Grove, Il. 
Huntsman Gallery, Aspen, Co. 
DeLind Gallery, Milwaukee, Wisc.
Broden Gallery, Madison, Wisc.
Rosequist Gallery, Tuscon, Ar.
White Oak Gallery, Edina, Mn.
Voltaire Gallery, Connecticut
Wittenberg Gallery, St. Louis, Mo.
Kaleidoscope Gallery, Barrington Il.
Art Independent Gallery, Lake Geneva, Wisc.
Paintin'Place Gallery, Oak Park, Il.
Cain Gallery, Oak Park, Il'.
Garret Gallery, Glenview, Il.
Studio 15, Arlington Heights, Il.
Whitefish Bay Gallery, Sturgeon Bay, Wisc.
Backdrop Gallery, Arlington Heights, Il.

She has had one person shows in

Convenant Club of Chicago
Sweden House, Naperville, Il,
Ruth Wendt Gallery, Dundee, Il.
Schaumburg Art Center, Schaumburg, Il.
Studio In the Woods, Wauconda, Il.
Oakton Community College, Des Plaines, Il. Two Person Show
Two Person Shows Palette and Chisel Academy, Chicago 
Palette and Chisel Acadeumy, Chicago Three Person Show 

She has participated on Plein Air Shows such as
 Cedarburg Plein Air, Cedarburg, Wisconsin
Arlington Heights Plein Air, Arlington Heights, Il  
 and had been invited to participate in
Easton Plein Air Invitational. Easton, Md.
Door County Invitational, Door County, Wisconsin 

Dorothy is married to artist/author Ted Smuskiewicz