Dan May Portrait Prints
American, b. 1955
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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Artist: Dan May
Devil /// Contemporary Pop Art Minimalism Screenprint Black and White Art
By Dan May
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
Artist: Dan May (American, 1955-)
Title: "Devil"
*Signed and numbered by May in pencil lower left
Year: 1999
Medium: Original Screenprint on unbranded white cotton rag laid paper
Lim...
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1990s Contemporary Dan May Portrait Prints
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Portrait of Elegant Lady II /// Monoprint Dress Fashion Party Gown Contemporary
By Dan May
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
Artist: Dan May (American, 1955-)
Title: "Portrait of Elegant Lady II"
*Signed by May in pencil lower left
Year: 1991
Medium: Original unique Monoprint on unbr...
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1990s Contemporary Dan May Portrait Prints
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Portrait of Elegant Lady /// Contemporary Figurative Woman Dress Party Art
By Dan May
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
Artist: Dan May (American, 1955-)
Title: "Portrait of Elegant Lady"
*Signed by May in pencil lower left
Year: 1991
Medium: Original Monoprint on unbranded...
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1990s Contemporary Dan May Portrait Prints
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Reading in Space II /// Contemporary Black and White Screenprint Rockets Planets
By Dan May
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
Artist: Dan May (American, 1955-)
Title: "Reading in Space II"
*Signed and numbered by May in pencil lower left
Year: 1988
Medium: Original Screenprint on unbranded white wove paper
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1980s Contemporary Dan May Portrait Prints
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The Scream /// Contemporary Screenprint Portrait Face Figurative Art
By Dan May
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
Artist: Dan May (American, 1955-)
Title: "The Scream"
*Signed by May in pencil lower left
Year: 1992
Medium: Original Monoprint on unbranded white cotton ra...
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1990s Contemporary Dan May Portrait Prints
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Self Portrait /// Contemporary Screenprint Face Portrait Figurative Glasses
By Dan May
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
Artist: Dan May (American, 1955-)
Title: "Self Portrait"
*Signed by May in pencil lower left
Year: 2005
Medium: Original Monoprint on unbranded white cotton rag laid paper
Limited ed...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Dan May Portrait Prints
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Paint, Acrylic, Monoprint
Man with Glasses /// Contemporary Pop Art Screenprint Head Face Portrait Black
By Dan May
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
Artist: Dan May (American, 1955-)
Title: "Man with Glasses"
*Signed and numbered by May in pencil lower left
Year: 1988
Medium: Original Screenprint on unbranded white wove paper
Lim...
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1980s Contemporary Dan May Portrait Prints
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Reading in Space /// Contemporary Black and White Screenprint Rockets Planets
By Dan May
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
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Title: "Reading in Space"
*Signed and numbered by May in pencil lower left
Year: 1988
Medium: Original Screenprint on unbrand...
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1980s Contemporary Dan May Portrait Prints
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Screen
Girl In City /// Contemporary Screenprint Portrait Woman Lady Figurative Art
By Dan May
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
Artist: Dan May (American, 1955-)
Title: "Girl In City"
*Signed by May in pencil lower left
Year: 2006
Medium: Original Monoprint on unbranded white cotton rag...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Dan May Portrait Prints
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Paint, Acrylic, Monoprint
Noble Lady /// Contemporary Screenprint Blue Green Gown Cap Woman Girl Art
By Dan May
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
Artist: Dan May (American, 1955-)
Title: "Noble Lady"
*Signed and numbered by May in pencil lower left
Year: 1992
Medium: Original Screenprint on unbranded ...
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1990s Contemporary Dan May Portrait Prints
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Screen
Man Reading /// Contemporary Pop Art Screenprint Lamp Book Man Funny Black White
By Dan May
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
Artist: Dan May (American, 1955-)
Title: "Man Reading"
*Signed and numbered by May in pencil lower left
Year: 1988
Medium: Original Screenprint on unbrande...
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1980s Contemporary Dan May Portrait Prints
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Screen
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