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Dan May'Temptation', Portland Art Museum, Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Salem, OregonCirca 2010
Circa 2010
About the Item
Painted by Dan May (American, 1952-2019) circa 2010, and stamped, verso, with certification of authenticity.
After study with Larry Stobie at Oregon College of Education, Dan May exhibited in his galleries 'The Yellow Front' and 'The Big Sleep', which he established, curated, and directed himself in the town he loved and always referred to as "Island Salem."
May exhibited nationally including in Los Angeles, Seattle, and New York City. In Portland, he exhibited with Jamison Thomas gallery and, subsequently, at Jane Beebe's PDX Contemporary Art, which continues to represent the artist's estate.
May's work is held in numerous public and private collections including the permanent collections of the Portland Art Museum, the Hallie Ford Museum of Art, and the Albright-Knox Art Gallery, among others.
- Creator:Dan May (1955, American)
- Creation Year:Circa 2010
- Dimensions:Height: 24 in (60.96 cm)Width: 30 in (76.2 cm)Depth: 0.75 in (1.91 cm)
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- Condition:minor edge-rubbing; unframed; shows well.
- Gallery Location:Santa Cruz, CA
- Reference Number:1stDibs: LU34412516242
Dan May
Dan May is an American painter and printmaker born on March 11, 1955 in San Francisco, CA. Raised in aesthetic surroundings heavily influenced by his architect father, May grew up learning to view all things with an eye for design, color, and shape. At age 5, he remembers his father cutting up a book of drawings by Henri Matisse and hanging them on the walls of their home. The French master Matisse as well as Richard Diebenkorn and David Hockney are his favorite art influences. He began his first attempts at painting at age 15, and later began to experiment with printmaking, teaching himself various techniques such as woodblock printing, etching, silkscreen printing, and monoprinting. Monoprinting soon became May's medium of choice due to its wide range of expression and spontaneity that he felt other techniques lacked. May - "With monoprinting, you can only work a piece for as a long as the paint stays wet, so the resulting print has a feeling of movement and immediacy. I also like how monoprinting allows the brush strokes to transfer a transparent light quality to the print. For me, this is a technique that bridges drawing, painting, and emotions." The themes of May's prints borrow from his fantasies, memories, and the people and places he has seen in life's checkout lines and waiting rooms. "My work allows me to be a voyeur, to see through the walls into life's secrets, and unveil the hidden stories of everyday life," he says. Color and design are essential elements in May's work. Exploring and playing with color is a huge source of enjoyment and passion for May. "Working with color combinations, playing color against color to create an electric contrast, never ceases to excite me," he says. May finds working color with design elements and balancing compositions is challenging, frustrating, and supremely rewarding. Today, Dan May lives and works in Oakland, California. He has shown his paintings and prints in galleries predominantly throughout California and his work is in numerous private and corporate collections throughout the United States and the world.
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