Welcome to Hawthorn Galleries
We offer an ever-changing collection of fine art from both locally and nationally renowned artists. Choose from original paintings, prints, sculpture, glass work, bronzes and a wide selection of one-of-a-kind jewelry creations.
Gallery Hours:
- Tuesday - Friday 10 am - 6 pm
- Saturday 1 pm - 5 pm
- Phone: 417-866-6688
Featured Artist
Dave Bennett
Please contact Hawthorn Galleries for availability and prices.
Raised in a family of artists, Dave Bennett began his painting career at an early age. He did a large pastel demonstration before an audience of 200, at the age of six. "That was rushing it a little," states Bennett, but it prepared him for a lifetime of artistic creations. By the time he was 17, he had become a commercial artist and sign writer. With the encouragement of his father, Bennett began working in acrylic on canvas. In 1983, he moved to Durango, Colorado, where he attended workshops and sold his first paintings. He later studied at the Art Masters Academy in Albuquerque, New Mexico.
Bennett now lives in Bolivar, Missouri where he is a retired teacher of landscape painting at Southwest Baptist University. As a plein air artist, Bennett works mainly in oil, but has also produced works in acrylic, watercolor, pastel, and pencil. He has won serveral awards including the National Small Painting Exhibition in Albuquerque, New Mexico. He was also included in an invitational exhibit at Northeastern College in Sterling, Colorado. He was juried into “Artists Along the Katy Trail” and into the Plein Air 2003, 2005, and 2006 annual national competitive exhibitions.