Mr. Pearson’s make believe animals have found their way into pen and ink drawings, watercolors, oil paintings, stained glass, jewelry, bronze, steel and neon sculptures, playground sculptures and of course the large fiberglass figures he calls Beasties.
Pearson has won numerous awards in both National and International art exhibitions throughout the years.
He has exhibited in more than 100 group and one man shows throughout the Nation.
His works have been purchased by several thousands of public, private, and institutional collections in the United States, England, Canada, Norway, France, Germany, Switzerland, New Zealand, Holland, Belgium, Israel, Mexico and Japan. The most renowned are The Hamilton Mint, Milwaukee Art Museum, SC Johnson Wax Family Collection, Mr. Woody Allen, Mrs. Harry L. Bradley, Heil Corporation, Everbrite Corporation, University of Wisconsin, Playboy Association, Madison Museum of Contemporary Art, Madison Civic Center, Madison Children’s Museum, Oslo Norway Mayor’s Office, Shalom Christian Center, AT&T Corporation, Byer Museum of the Arts, Madison, WI - Mayor’s Office, University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Company, Milwaukee Athletic Club, The Bradley Collection - Milwaukee, WI, The Wilson Center for the Arts - Brookfield, WI, Chicago Park District, Senator Herb Kohl, Frederick R. Weisman Museum of Art-Malibu, CA, American Republic Insurance Corporation - Des Moines, IA, Betty Brinn Children’s Museum, Brett Pabst, Maya Angelou, Whoopi Goldberg, City of Christ Church - New Zealand Public Parks, Jewish Community Center of Milwaukee, WI, Wustum Museum-Racine, WI, Royal Caribbean Cruise Line’s Freedom of the Sea’s Cruise Ship (the worlds largest cruise liner to date), Haggerty Art Museum - Marquette University – Milwaukee, WI, Francis Parker School – Chicago, IL, Motueka Public Library – New Zealand.
Dennis Pearson currently lives and resides in New Zealand.
Turkeys, Original Chalk Drawing
17 x 20 inches, 1972
Green Valley, Oil Painting
17 x 21 inches, 1965
