Kim dorland biography wikipedia

Kim Dorland (b.

Kim Dorland b. He is best known for his depictions of densely forested landscapes, trailer parks, raucous parties, and zombies. He received his B. Dorland first gained attention with his paintings of suburbia which drew heavily on nostalgia from his days as a teen growing up in Red Deer, Alberta, Canada. These paintings of bush parties, fist fights and wooded areas on the edges of suburbia were characterized by fluorescent under-paintings and thick passages of impasto.

Dorland became known for the thickness of his paint, particularly in his dense portraits primarily of his wife, Lori where the paint is piled on so thick in places that he often had to use screws to secure it. He is also known for using multiple materials traditional and non-traditional on one surface, including oil paint, acrylic paint, spray paint, ink, phosphorescence, inkjet printing, screws, fur and paper.

Kim Dorland (born ) is a contemporary Canadian painter based in Toronto.

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