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Dan Young Close of Day Oil on Board Painting

Currency:USD Category:American Indian Art Start Price:10.00 USD Estimated At:400.00 - 600.00 USD
Dan Young Close of Day Oil on Board Painting
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14" by 17" framed. Title is Close of Day. Dan Young (Born 1959) is active/lives in Colorado, Texas. Dan Young is known for Plein-air rural landscape painting, illustrator. Raised in western Colorado, Dan Young moved to Dallas, Texas to pursue commercial art after his graduation from the Colorado Institute of Art. He first worked as an illustrator, but longing for the beautiful landscapes of the Rockies, he eventually returned to Colorado to paint full-time. He spends as much as half of his painting life outdoors, on location. In 2005, he participated in an exhibition, "Maynard Dixon Country 2005" at the Thunderbird Foundation for the Arts. When Dan Young took his fly rod and backpack into the high country as a young boy growing up in Colorado, his angling success came from learning to read lakes and streams with a fisherman's eye. Little did he know then that he would return to Colorado years later, again to read nature and try to replicate it, but this time with easel and oil paints, and with the eye of an artist. Just as fly-fishing is an acquired skill, so is plein-air painting. Over the years Young has mastered the techniques of painting on location, in all seasons, and along the way has built a following among art collectors and a reputation as one of Colorado's premier landscape artists. Young was born in Denver, and grew up in western Colorado. He attended Colorado Institute of Art, hoping to find his direction in art. After graduation he moved to Dallas to pursue the commercial art field. Even with a successful illustration career, the landscape was always calling him back. In 1989 he returned to Colorado to begin painting full time. Though he had been a successful commercial artist, Young quickly learned he had a lot to learn as a painter. On the advice form artists he respected, he abandoned the studio to work from life. By painting on site, not only does his work acquire a more natural feel and sensitive light, but it also allows him to spend his time back in nature. Young continually delights himself in finding new subject matters in familiar surroundings, and new ways to paint them. As happy as he is with his growing popularity, he admits that he occasionally has those days of conflict, deciding whether to fish or to paint.
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