DALE L POPOVICH IWS
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Biography
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Dale L Popovich IWS is an award-winning watercolorist and teacher who is passionate about capturing the raw beauty of the American landscape with the fluid stroke of a brush. Talent and training aside, it’s Dale’s vision that best informs his work. By age 20 he lost 80% of his eyesight. Dale learned to rely on his mind’s eye to sustain him. After a nine-hour major brain surgery removing a cyst on his optic nerve, he had to learn how to walk and write again. With vision finally restored, he discovered he could see more clearly than before, efficiently filtering out the visual “noise” around him to focus on a subject’s essentials. His paintings began to reflect a certain purity of perception, and this “way of seeing” became the hallmark of his painting. 

Spending his childhood summers in the Northwoods of Wisconsin, Dale learned to love its colors, textures, denizens, and moods – developed his holistic approach to watercolor. Today, his paintings celebrate these American landscapes and man’s humble efforts to tame it.

Trained at The American Academy of Art in Chicago by the former Director and President, Irving Shapiro, AWS, Dale was deeply inspired by this great American twentieth-century watercolorist. Dale later taught for 22 years at The American Academy of Art.

Currently, Dale teaches at the prestigious 
Palette & Chisel Academy of Fine Arts in Chicago. The Palette & Chisel is an association of representational artists, founded in Chicago in 1895. It is the second oldest artist organization in the United States. Popovich has Zoom art classes Chicago, workshops, demos, and teaches weekly classes Zoom classes in his own studio in Highland.

Popovich and his wife launch an online  art school, 
ToweringWindsAcademyOfFineArts.teachable.com. 
​He wanted to share his knowledge with a broader audience. One of his passions is to
Teach People to Truly See.TM

Professionally teaching since 1978, Dale has trained over in-person 2400 students – mentoring many who are now successful, accomplished artists.
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“You must begin with a concept, not just content or subject matter of a painting before your brush touches the paper. You must determine not only what story you want to tell, but how, why and with what visual qualities.”
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– Irving Shapiro, AWS (1927-1994) The American Academy of Art Chicago
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Past Director and President​
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Dale, his wife, Marilee and their Pembroke Welsh Corgi, Miss Poppy live in Northwest Indiana. In addition, they own a log cabin nestled in the Great Northwoods of Wisconsin.

Dale is a member of the:
  • Palette & Chisel Academy of Fine Arts, Chicago
  • ​Plein Air Artists Chicago
  • Indiana Heritage Arts, Nashville, IN
  • Watercolor Society of Indiana, Indianapolis​
  •  Signature member Illinois Watercolor Society
  • Illiana Artists
  • Chesterton Art Center
  • Brown County Art Gallery Artists Association - past member

His paintings and giclée prints can be seen and purchased at his online store.

Devoted to both painting and teaching, Dale’s work hangs in collections around the country.

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  • Home
  • The Artist
    • Dale L Popovich Curriculum Vitae
    • Artist Statement
    • Art Teacher Philosophy Statement
  • Portfolio
  • My online shop is closed for remodeling
  • Instructor
    • Instructor: Palette & Chisel Academy of Fine Art, Chicago
  • Supply List & Library
    • Rosemary Brushes
    • Watercolor Paints
    • Watercolor Papers
    • Additional Supplies
  • 2022 Watercolor Workshops, Shows & Demos
    • 2021 Watercolor Workshops, Shows & Demos
  • 2022 Popovich's Field Journal
    • 2021 Popovich's Field Journal
    • 2020 Popovich's Field Journal >
      • 2019 Popovich's Field Journal
      • Popovich's Field Journal: Sept 2018
      • Popovich's 2018 Field Journal : Jan-July, 2018
      • 2017 Popovich Field Journal
      • 2016 Popovich Field Journal
      • 2015 Popovich Field Journal
      • 2014 Popovich Field Journal
      • 2013 Popovich Field Journal
      • 2013 Popovich Field Journal - continued
      • 2012 Popovich Field Journal
  • Online Learning
    • Watercolor Escape Saturdays FREE DEMOS
    • Towering Winds Academy of Fine Art Online School
    • TIP & TECHNIQUES Thursdays
  • Press Releases & NEWS
  • Contact