Having painted since high school, I studied art at McGill and Concordia Universities in Canada, although I was never in a Fine Arts program. During my non-Art career, my creative art outlet included making hand-built pottery, stained glass art and watercolor painting. Since 2010, I have been mentored by and studied with award-winning Canadian and U.S. painters: Trisha Adams, Harold Allanson, Larisa Aukon, Mary Gilkerson, Brent Lynch, Derek Penix, Betty Carr and Robert Goldman. As a dual citizen, I have lived in Canada and the United States. In Canada, I was an Active member of the Federation of Canadian Artists (FCA). Living full-time in Prescott, Arizona, I was Vice President 2018 - 2019 and  President of The Mountain Artists Guild 2020 and 2021.

AZ Phil Chooses Local Artist for 6th Season

Prescott’s Arizona Philharmonic (AZ Phil) debuted its new season artwork choice Sunrise on Thumb Butte, by local artist Dawn Zintel, at the Mountain Artists Guild’s art festival recently. “AZ Phil was focused on finding a local artist for this season, as a way of supporting Prescott’s arts scene. We were taken by the unique approach and warm colors of the butte, and chose Zintel’s work to represent our 6th season as Prescott’s Philharmonic,” commented Abby Coffey, Co-executive Director of Arizona Philharmonic.

Zintel, a life-long artist and Canadian native, put her BA in Education and Masters of Arts in Educational Technology degrees to good use, founding and operating two adult-training companies. Working with Fortune 100 and pre-IPO companies in the US, Canada and the UK, she helped them design creative employee training programs and learning games throughout her 34-year career. Retiring to Prescott in 2017, she discovered the Mountain Artists Guild and has had many successful exhibits there. “I think of my work as visual storytelling, and like to use color to brighten a viewer’s world,” Zintel added. “We decided that her vibrant use of color on Prescott’s iconic Thumb Butte was just what AZ Phil wanted to illuminate our 6th season,” commented Coffey.