Dorothy Masom is considered one of America's distinguished contemporary artists and a pioneer in the revival of encaustic painting. Her works are widely known for their luminosity of color, harmony, poetic composition, and strength.

Dorothy has had hundreds of solo shows and numerous exhibitions in museums, galleries, churches, and universities throughout the world. Her paintings reflect a personal and subjective artistic language which deals with the impressionist's delicate balance between subject and image. The New York Times praised her work at the Catherine Lorillard Wolfe Art Club, New York City, of which she is a member and winner of the 1993 President's Award. The Times said her painting was a "show of strenght in a delicate profusion of colors." Her paintings have been hailed by numerous critics, including internationally known Art Critic Clement Greenburg, who judged and awarded her painting Best in Show at the 1990 Pennsylvania Painters Show.

Dorothy holds a singular place among American encaustic painters in that she is recognized as being the "Dean of American Encaustic Painters" and is also an internationally known author. Her book "Encaustic Painting" , traces the history of this medium and is in the permanent collection of the J. Paul Getty Museum, California, and numerous universities.