Maureen Dosier
1952 - 2012
Maureen
Dosier, age 60, of Louisa died Sunday, May 13, 2012 at
Three Rivers Medical Center of Louisa, KY. Maureen was born
January 1, 1952 in Miami, FL. She is the daughter of the
late Robert and the late Beatrice (Gillispie) McElyea.
She
was an artist and owner of the Painted Cow Gallery in
Louisa.
She
is survived by her husband, Rob Dosier of Louisa, Ky.
A
memorial service will be held 7:00 pm on Thursday, May 17 at
Wilson Funeral Home Louisa, KY .
Online condolences may be made at
www.wilsonfuneralhomeky.com
About the Artist...
Maureen Dosier was born in Miami, Florida in 1952. She has
been a working artist since her late teens. Originally from
south Florida, her hand knit scarves and paintings have won
many awards throughout the years which have been displayed
and sold through art festivals, the internet, galleries and
specialty shops.
In 1994, she and her husband relocated their business to
eastern Kentucky where she basically started all over again,
not knowing anyone locally in the arts. Her love for people,
animals and nature is inspiration for many of her paintings,
which vary in style.
Maureen’s artistic medium changes with her moods from paint
mediums on a mix of surfaces including canvas, wood,
furniture, walls and theatrical sets, to a diversity of
styles and when she tires of painting she picks up her
knitting needles!
Over the past fifteen years she has met many artists and
volunteered much of her time to the arts. She has been
president of the Lawrence County Arts Council
since 1998, at which time she initiated two new art
festivals, a diversity of monthly art programs for residents
of all ages, instructed art workshops and lectured in the
public schools and community. She loves mentoring new
artists and encouraging them to start showing and selling
their artwork.
In 2007, she bought a building in downtown Louisa and opened
the county's first fine art gallery the Painted Cow
Gallery featuring talented local artists from the
tri-state area and beyond. The gallery mirrors big city
galleries with a diverse collection of artwork, although
unlike big city galleries, at very affordable prices.
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In Louisa, she started the Arts Council, had things for
school children in school, we went there during school hours
and did all kinds of art projects with the kids. She had
painting and artclasses during the summer and craft things
for kids to do at the gallery.She encouraged local artists
and helped them sell their art, she had talent shows a the
schools and craft bazaars at school and the gallery. She had
art contests for children and grownups, which were displaid
at the library and the gallery and shows at the lake. She
was a remarkable woman and did much for the community and
the children and the children benefitted from her care as
did a lot of other people. She was loved and will be
missed.
--Inge Pigmon
The Painted Cow Gallery is owned and
operated by Maureen Dosier, also a working artist and
president of the Lawrence County Arts Council.
The Painted Cow Gallery is located
in eastern Kentucky in the heart of downtown Louisa,
103 S. Main Cross Street (across the street from
the Lawrence County Court House).
The Painted Cow Gallery has a
wide variety of uniquely wonderful hand made artwork for
sale from local artisans of the tri-state area (Kentucky, Ohio
and West Virginia) and beyond.
For your convenience the Painted Cow
Gallery accepts checks, all major credit cards,
offers a layaway plan and gift certificates in any domination.
In house commissioned artists are available for specific
artwork through the Painted Cow Gallery.
The Painted Cow Gallery is the studio
home for the Lawrence County Arts Council
artists. Every Tuesday is Artist's Day
everyone is welcome, bring your own supplies (except oils and
clay) and for a small fee spend the day creating with other
artists. Watercolor instructions
are available also, for further information
call (606) 638-1313.
Gallery Hours:
Tuesday through Friday 10:00 a.m. until 5:30
p.m.
