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Dennis Downey New Mexico Oil on Canvas Painting

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Dennis Downey New Mexico Oil on Canvas Painting
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Artist is Dennis Downey. 15" by 17" framed. Born in St. Louis in 1941, Dennis Downey identified as an artist from a young age. Downey earned a scholarship to study art at UCLA upon graduating high school. Both Downey's father and grandfather were physicians, however, and when it was time for college, Downey studied dentistry, setting up a practice in Santa Fe in the early 1970s. One of his first patients was landscape painter Eric Sloane, who encouraged Downey to paint, and with whom he later studied. Other patients-turned-mentors included Robert Lougheed, Tom Lovell, and Wayne Wolfe. Dennis Downey ran a successful fine art gallery on Canyon Road for 25 years before closing in 2011. More than anything, Downey considers himself a colorist, a designation that is conveyed in a number of the works on display. When he recently donated a large painting for permanent display at the train station, Mayor Javier Gonzales designated Oct. 12 as "Dennis Downey Day" in his honor. Downey's new exhibition, The Corazón de Santa Fe, is the artist's first solo show in roughly a decade. The cohesive presentation of oil paintings, taken altogether, demonstrates a classical treatment of material and subject matter.