"Exploring a variety of subject matters, Dale Sheldon is a painter who works dynamically with a sense of immediacy and luminous color." Growing up at the Jersey shore, Dale has continued in the artistic tradition of her family. Her father and grandfather designed many public monuments and memorials including the NJ State Monument at Valley Forge, PA, and the JFK Memorial in Atlantic City, NJ. She studied at Philadelphia's Moore College of Art, and graduated from the University of Maryland, living in the Washington, DC area for many years before moving to Rehoboth Beach. Her first memory of painting was in a neighbor's garden when she was five or six years old; that was the beginning of a life-long love of art. An award winning artist, she is primarily a studio painter, collecting images and impressions from travels around the world. Exploring light and atmosphere, and color relationships, her paintings in watercolor interpret and express moods, memories or impressions. Her style of painting reflects both wet-on-wet and layering techniques with rich color washes. She is a juried member of Maryland's Potomac Valley Watercolorists, a former officer and founding member of the Delaware Watercolor Society, and a signature member of Baltimore Watercolor Society. Recent exhibitions include a solo show at Coastal Frameshop and Gallery in Rehoboth Beach, DE, CAMP Rehoboth's "HeART of the Community" art auction, "Art for Life, Hope for our Children" at Washington DC's Museum of the Americas and the World Health Organization, the Cultural Center of the Embassy of Egypt, Baltimore Watercolor Society Mid-Atlantic Regional Show at Strathmore Hall in Rockville, MD, and various venues in St. Petersburg Beach, FL. She was a participating artist in Rehoboth Beach’s “Dolphins: the SEAquel”, a Rehoboth Beach Main Street/Rehoboth Art League 2005 installation project. Dale’s paintings were part of an international exhibition recently shown in Cairo, Egypt.