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Artist Statement:
D. Loren Champlin currently
resides in the highlands of
Maine with his loving spouse
and son.
Champlin showed an interest in
drawing very early in life and
began by drawing his youthful
passion of horses at the
tender age of 11. Champlin has
been painting professionally
since 1992. Early works...
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Artist Exhibitions:
1992-93: Madison Ave Art
Gallery (Memphis, TN). 1997:
International Gallery of Art
(London, Ont.). 1997-98:
Gallery One (Ellensburg, WA)
in 1997-1998. Dec 15, 1996:
cover of the Journal of
American Veterinary Medicine.
Oct. 2005: juried show in the
Period One gallery Colour III
exhibit(Omaha, NE: Apr ...
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Artist Galleries:
Represented by Agora Gallery
(New York, NY)2007-2008;
Represented by Amsterdam
Whitney Gallery (New York, NY)
2008-2009
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Collections:
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Commissions:
Gretschmann, Oak Lawn, IL, USA
Heard, Germantown, TN, USA
Googe, Memphis, TN, USA...
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Reviews for D Loren Champlin:
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ArtisSpectrum Magazine 2007 Review said
In moody, expressionisitic drags of paint D. Loren Champlin exposes the brutalities and joys derived of human passion. Deep reds, flesh tones, and azures swirl across the canvas, emphasizing the emotion of the subject matter. The style is highly reminiscent of Edvard Munch, whose works influenced the Pittsburgh-born Champlin when he was living in Norway as a teenager.
The nude is a common motif in Champlin's paintings, but has varied meanings. Some are peaceful and meditative, while others are sensual or even grotesque. Each, however, exposes a truthof the individual's character. Champlin also paints scenes of musicians and familial outings. These paintings are visual stories of people absorbed by their surroundings and the things that make them happy.
Champlin's works are wrought with the raw emotion of the human experience. Themes such as romantic ardor, parental love, betrayal, and contemplation show the multiplicity of life. Invoking the untamable spirit of a stallion, his paintings emanate intensity, energy, and movement
Agora Gallery, 2007 said:
The highly textured portraits by painter D. Loren Champlin express the tumultuous experience of an intense inner life. His artwork is, as he says, "calculated chaos resulting in harmony" through his skilled fusion of lines and color within the human bodies he paints. Even if his subjects are motionless, the textures which make up their bodies reveal a multifarious nature.
Champlin's artistic vision is focused on merging the moment of inspiration with the commitment of painting. To capture the human life in a single instant, in a pose, or embrace, Champlin exceeds the bounds of portraiture and inhabits an expressionism reminiscent of fellow Norwegian Edvard Munch. Tides of color roil around his subjects like auras, and are echoed in similar ebbs within the limbs and faces of those he brings to the canvas. The human condition has always been Champlin's concern, and that vulnerability is expressed, ironically, in his bold brushwork and the tumult it conveys. D. Loren Champlin's paintings embrace the fleeting moment wherein the human character is revealed.
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