Nature Series: Paintings, Installations, Video

Installation: “Meditation Room”; Reflection Pool, 2008, (8′ x 8′), wood and water;

Aspen, 2008, (8′ x 8′) diptych, mixed media on wood.

Video, Douglas Creek, large format.

Nature Series: http://www.dahartley.com/p/paintings-on-wood.html

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Nature Series: Themes of Taoism

“My paintings are created from real physical spaces that exist in nature.

The painting is intrinsic to the wood panels that I use.

A tree was cut down to create this panel, the life of the tree influences the finished work.

They begin more as sculptural projects. I assemble, sand, stain, and texture,

with an eye to the wood grains. I apply the paint by rubbing the surface.

The surface influences the art.”

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“The function of the artist is to make actual the spiritual,

so that it is there to be possessed.”

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Exhibition: Installation, Water

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Lake Kaweah, 2007-2008, large-format video collection of stills.

Conley Gallery, CSU Fresno, 2008.  One Woman Show.

A video of stills, documenting the rising and

lowering of the waters of Lake Kaweah,

from the wild flowers of early spring,

to the snow capped peaks in the Sierra mountain’s of California.

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Reflection Pool, 2008, 8′ x 8′, wood, water & rock. 

Reflection Pool, 2008, (8′ x 8′), wood and water;

Koi, 2006, Diptych, 6 panel, 70″ x 68″. Courtesy of the artist.

Aspen, 2008, (8′ x 8′) diptych, mixed media on wood. Private collection.

Installation: “Meditation Room”;Reflection Pool, 2008, (8′ x 8′), wood and water;

Video, Douglas Creek, large format.

Video, Water! Fire!, large format video.

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Paintings on Wood

Blossom Peak, 2003, 4′ x 6′, mixed media on wood. Private collection.

Rainforest, 2004, 4′ x 6′, mixed media on wood. Private collection.

Cypress and Basalt, 2005, 4′ x 6′, mixed media on wood. Private collection.

Mountains, Clouds and Streams, 2005, 4′ x 6′, 3 panel, mixed media on wood.

Passage, 2005, 4′ x 6′, mixed media on wood.

Aspen, 2004, 4′ x 6′, mixed media on wood. Private collection.

Lost Canyon Falls, 2005, 4′ x 6′, mixed media on wood. Private collection.

Lost Canyon, 2001, 4′ x 6′, mixed media on wood. Private collection.

Old Friends, 2006, 4′ x 8′, mixed media on wood.

Passage Way, 2002, 4′ x 6′, mixed media on wood. Private collection.

Mitochondria I, 2002, 4′ x 6′, mixed media on wood. Private collection.

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Paintings on Canvas

Douglas Creek, 2015, acrylic on canvas, 30″ x 40″

Nobe Young Falls, 2017, oil on canvas, 30″ x 40″

 

Blue Iris, 2011, oil on canvas, 40″ x 30″

 

Pink Orchid, 2011, oil on canvas, 30″ x 40″

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