Dorn, Kent (b. 1977)
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(b. 1977)
Houston, Texas
Kent Dorn (b.1977, South Carolina) is known for narrative paintings that possess a distinctive tactile quality. His scenes are a personal interpretation of the sublime, evoked through idyllic wooded worlds inspired by 19th century American landscape painting, 70s and 80s horror films, and hippie culture. The landscapes rendered in his paintings are metaphorical spaces in which characters wander through in search of a revelatory experience. Dorn's response to the natural world takes cues from artists such as visionary watercolorist Charles Burchfield and German Romantic landscape painter, Caspar David Friedrich. Dorn received his BFA from Anderson College (1999) and his MFA from the University of Houston (2005). He is represented by McClain Gallery and has shown throughout Texas and in New York, Chicago, Toronto and Copenhagen. His work has been reviewed in the New York Times and has been featured in New American Paintings (Cover, editors pick Issue No.102), Artlies and Gulf Coast Literary Journal among others.
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