Dawn Hanna Art

Dawn Hanna worked as a Social Worker before she started working as a full time artist. She retired from Social Work in 2012 when he decided to pursue a full time career as a graphic and visual artist and designer and also as a freelance photographer. She founded the Dawning Day Studios with the assistance of her husband, Tim Surratt. She attended the University of North Carolina at Greensboro, and due to her hard work and dedication, she received the coveted Spencer Love Scholarship for Visual Arts to pursue her undergraduate studies. She graduated with a degree in Studio Art. She decided to continue with her education and went to the University of Georgia for her graduate studies. After graduating with a Master's degree in Social Work, she moved back to Charlotte, North Carolina where she spent 17 years working with hospice patients in both urban and rural settings. Her images have graced magazine articles, book covers and fine art posters. After her graduation she started working in North Carolina in a gallery in Charlotte. She managed to soak up the work of the many gifted photographers and artists working in the surrounding area. The artist spent most of her time at the darkroom of Light Factory learning about photography and printing images. She later moved to Athens, where she spent time experimenting with other forms of art such as paper making, collage and book making while raising her daughter. The framed Dawn Hanna art are available in many art stores around the world.