Lee Dadalt Artist & Educator 1948-2007
A limited collection of ones life work
About Lee
Lee F. Dadalt 1948-2007
Lee F. Dadalt 1948-2007
Lee F. Dadalt 1948-2007
During a lifetime of creating artworks across a variety of media, Lee Francis Dadalt always remained true to his philosophy that art - both in the creative process and the completed works - should be fun. A public school art teacher for more than 30 years, he looked forward to inspiring and encouraging young artists as he lived his classroom philosophy and led by example.
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Lee F. Dadalt 1948-2007
Lee F. Dadalt 1948-2007
Dadalt found endless inspiration for his artwork in the shoreline scenery of southeastern Connecticut, where he lived and worked throughout his life, creating works ranging from luminescent landscapes to color-drenched still lifes. In addition, he also completed a wide variety of whimsical works. While his favorite medium was watercolor
Dadalt found endless inspiration for his artwork in the shoreline scenery of southeastern Connecticut, where he lived and worked throughout his life, creating works ranging from luminescent landscapes to color-drenched still lifes. In addition, he also completed a wide variety of whimsical works. While his favorite medium was watercolor, he also created brilliant and inviting pieces in a vast spectrum of media ranging from pencil and acrylic to oil and tempera wash, the latter of which he called “a dying, lost art.” He also composed and completed etchings, woodcuts, sculptures. posters, pottery, screen prints and lithographs.
Educator
Lee F. Dadalt 1948-2007
Educator
He began teaching art in 1973 in the Lyme-Old Lyme Public Schools, where he remained for his entire teaching career. He taught high school students until 1978, then was a middle school art teacher in the system until he retired in 2003. He was intensely proud of the many students he helped inspire to further their art educations and pursue careers in the arts.