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Dan May
Church, Southwest /// Contemporary Monoprint Mexico Mexican Desert Landscape

2006

$500
£380.74
€438.41
CA$708.54
A$762.14
CHF 407.31
MX$8,983.46
NOK 5,135.22
SEK 4,694.57
DKK 3,275.67

About the Item

Artist: Dan May (American, 1955-) Title: "Church, Southwest" *Signed by May in pencil lower left Year: 2006 Medium: Original Monoprint on unbranded cream cotton rag laid paper Limited edition: (1/1) Printer: the artist May himself, Oakland, CA Publisher: the artist May himself, Oakland, CA Sheet size: 13.38" x 17" Image size: 7" x 11.25" Condition: In excellent condition Notes: Dated by May in pencil lower right. Biography: 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.
  • Creator:
    Dan May (1955, American)
  • Creation Year:
    2006
  • Dimensions:
    Height: 13.38 in (33.99 cm)Width: 17 in (43.18 cm)
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  • Gallery Location:
    Saint Augustine, FL
  • Reference Number:
    1stDibs: LU121211447212

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