Raised by his grandmother near Tallahassee, Florida, Dean Mitchell knew as a child that he wanted to be an artist. This was a seemingly impossible
choice for a boy in his circumstances, but he bought a set of oils when he was
twelve and won two awards in the very first art competition he entered. He
started painting in watercolor when he was attending the Columbus School of Art
and Design in Ohio and his first job was teaching art at a Boy’s Club for ten
dollars an hour.
Things changed when he started entering his paintings in competitions
regularly. His exceptional ability in showing a special side of the seemingly
ordinary gained immediate attention and reward. Within just a few years,
Mitchell had won more than two hundred major art awards, including first prize
at London, England’s T.H. Saunders International Artist and Watercolour Show,
top honors from the National Watercolor Society, the Art for the Parks Medal
for Overall Excellence and the Hubbard Art Award for Excellence.
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