I now spend my time working on art and exhibiting in a gallery I co-own with two friends in Park Rapids, MN. I left teaching in May of 2021 where I taught art full time to high school and middle school students.
Currently, I am working on a state arts grant which will be creating a new body of work of paintings and works related to being an artist with aphantasia. Last year I completed a hand bound, hand printed, collection of recipes with block prints and set type.
In the winter of 2021 – 2022, I began taking on stained glass which I use to create smaller panels of abstracted works and originally designed pieces. You can contact me through my social media pages.
Based in the Heartland of Minnesota, known for its abundance of lakes, pine trees, and wildlife. A former art educator, she now co-owns a tiny, salon-style art gallery in Park Rapids, known as Studio 176. Rossbach’s artwork she creates ranges from oil and acrylic painting to printmaking and mixed media, to stained glass works. On this website, you’ll find some of her writings that include behind the scenes of work.
As described by Dawn Anderson for a recent drawing class;
“Dawn Rossbach isn’t your average art teacher—she’s a painter, printmaker, glass artist, and visual storyteller with a wild love for the creative process. Based in the pine-drenched heart of Minnesota, she co-runs Studio 176, a salon-style gallery in Park Rapids where quirky meets cool. A former art educator with a rebellious streak, Dawn’s drawing classes are all about letting go of perfection, embracing the mess, and discovering your unique style—whether you’re scribbling stick figures or sketching like a pro. Come ready to experiment. Mistakes welcome.“
About the Tree
Along Highway 71, there is a stately white pine that sits near the edge of the road. This tree has become a muse for Rossbach who has rendered well over 60 versions of the tree in oil painting, acrylic, pastel, wood cut, etchings and even stained glass. Rossbach titled it “The Spirit Tree” when she created the above image in oil, on a 42″ x 62″ canvas. Currently she is working on another canvas the exact same size and in oil again, which has a working title of “The Doppleganger.”
When working on a “crop art” version of the tree, which was a demo for a high school class, she
Dawn Rossbach 