Dottie
Chase is one of Eugene, Oregon's leading portrait artists.
She is also a well-known advocate and supporter of the arts.
Her administrative and business acumen have advanced the stability
and growth of many local galleries including:
Emerald Arts Center Gallery, Springfield, Oregon
http://www.emeraldartcenter.org/
where she served as president from 2001-04.
Gallery at the Airport, Eugene, Oregon
http://www.lanearts.org/lanearts2003/summer/at%20GATA.htm,
Jacobs Gallery, Eugene, Oregon http://www.lanearts.org/lanearts2003/summer/at%20the%20jacobs%20gallery.htm
Dottie's fresh, clean watercolor work has earned
her an "Award of Distinction" from the Watercolor
Society of Oregon. She has won several first place awards
at the Mayor's Art Show and at the Lane County Fair, where
she earned the Director's Choice Award and the Bronze Medal
of Merit. Dottie was given by the board of directors of the
Lane Arts Council the 1999 Alvord award given annually to
an individual in recognition of exemplary service and dedication
to the advancements of the arts in Lane County, Oregon.Commercially,
besides her portrait work, Dottie is the owner and president
of Fri-Jos, Inc. She has volunteered on the boards of the
Lane Community College Foundation, Oregon's tourism council,
the Eugene Chamber of Commerce and Eugene Downtown Rotary.
She was selected as Mrs. Oregon in 1959, and as LCCO's Woman
of the Year in 1979. She has served on several art selection
panels, including those for LTD and the Federal Courthouse.
http://www.dottiechase.com
