Carolyn Nast Dashef is an oil painter living in Northampton, Massachusetts. Her works are inspired by nature and painted in an abstract-expressionistic style with some elements of impressionism. Dashef uses her gestural brush strokes and palette choices to evoke serene and turbulent moments she finds in land forms and waterscapes.

Exhibitions

  • Smith College Alumnae House, Smith College; Northampton, Ma.

  • Saks Fifth Avenue Windows; New York, Boston

  • The Springfield Museum of Fine Arts, Springfield, Ma.; Exhibit and Sales Gallery.

  • The United States Embassy, Yaounde, Cameroon; Africa. Nine paintings; Art in Embassy Program.

  • Atelier J. Lucas Gallery, Montreal, Canada.

  • Northampton Center for the Arts, Northampton, Ma.

  • Hampshire College Valley Women Juried Invitational, Amherst, Ma.; 2nd place prize

  • The Copley Society; Boston, Ma.; received the "Juror's Choice Prize"

  • Bicentennial Invitational Art Exhibition, Washington, D.C.