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Fragrant Beauty

11/23/2013

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Fragrant Beauty
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Fragrant Beauty, ©Dawn Eaton, 18x36in., acrylic on wrapped canvas
Although I do stop and smell the roses (Really, I do.) and take photographs -  up until now, I hadn't stopped to paint them.

But then my friend, Dorota, commissioned me to paint a picture for her - a rose.

I consider 'Fragrant Beauty' a portrait of Dorota in the form of a flower.

The passionate red, the layers of color, the flowing lines and the light shining through - Beauty...Dorota.

This lovely woman is the owner and sole beautician at DKN Salon in Glen Ellyn, IL.
We met 3 years ago when my family moved to the area. During my first few appointments, other clients stopped in to just to say hello or to bring Dorota gifts. I thought to myself, "Don't these people have lives?"

Well...now I understand. When you enter DKN, it's like being invited into Dorota's home. I am greeted with a hug and a "How are you, My Friend?" - I doubt that I am the only one. :) She offers coffee, tea, wine, water and european candies. She works her magic and our conversation begins.

I am inspired by Dorota's life story:  leaving her home country of Poland in her late teens, living in Germany for a couple of years as a young bride, moving to the United States, having 2 boys, then raising them as a single mom - and owning her own business. I am blessed by Dorota's warmth, generosity, servant heart, strength, openness to learning, faith and
character.

A fragrant beauty.


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Grace, grade 8
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    Dawn Eaton

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