Neighborhood artist Dahlia Woods has painted dozens, perhaps hundreds of picturesque White Rock Lake scenes.
“We lived two blocks from the lake, and so I went down there quite frequently and painted – morning, noon and night,” she says.
One particular painting, depicting sailboats floating near the pumphouse and a backdrop of the Dallas skyline, recently was made into a glass ornament for the Advocate Foundation’s inaugural fundraiser. The foundation’s mission is to raise money for neighborhood schools and nonprofits, and proceeds from the mouth-blown, hand-painted ornament, priced at $89, will launch its charity efforts.
Woods donated the original artwork, a piece titled “White Rock Lake, View of the City.”
“I had some trepidation about the artwork being translated into this product, but I am very, very happy with the results,” she says. “It can be for year-round and not just for Christmas, and it can be for everybody – it’s not just for one particular group of people,” she says, referring to the citywide appeal of White Rock Lake.
Woods has already sold more than a dozen of the limited edition ornaments from her downtown gallery, and will also sell them at the Lakewood Home Festival Market on Saturday and Sunday, Nov. 4 and 5. An ornament preview party at her gallery on Sunday, Nov. 12, is open to the public, with complimentary wine and hors d’oeuvres.
Neighborhood retailers Brumley Gardens and The Store in Lake Highlands are also selling the ornament, which comes with a stand, velvet box and booklet describing the artwork and the ornament’s limited edition status. Woods is also selling the original oil on canvas artwork for $4,200, half of which she will donate to the foundation.
