Alice Ann Dobbin

Charleston resident Alice Ann Dobbin has been drawing and painting since she was old enough to hold a pencil.  Born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, she was selected to attend special classes for the artistically gifted while still in elementary school.  The classes were held at what later became Carnegie Mellon University, an incubator of talent, producing many nationally prominent artists.   

   A gifted writer as well, she graduated with a degree in journalism from Pennsylvania State University and  won numerous awards in the field of communications.   She later obtained her art degree, graduating magna cum laude from Washington and Jefferson College where she was honored with the prestigious Beta Scholar designation  by the president of the college.

    For several years, Dobbin was an adjunct professor of art at Washington and Jefferson College.  She also taught art at  high school and elementary levels and had her own business as a private consultant in art and graphic design.  During her years as a teacher, she pioneered the integration of art history into the practical arts curriculum at all educational levels (K-12).  She has written extensively about the value of art to the learning process of youngsters.

       Although her current focus is oil painting, her extensive body of work includes etchings, mezzotints, watercolors and pastels. She is a member of the Oil Painters of America, American Impressionist Society,  and a Signature Member of Artists for Conservation.  

Her work appears in numerous private, public, and corporate collections throughout the United States, Europe, and Australia and is included in the collection of a former US president. Dobbin has also published two books:  Getting to Know God, An Artist's Journey and Ben, The Famous Gallery Dog of Charleston.

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