Contemporary artist David Douglas has the ability to portray people in imaginary spots and place them throughout interior and exterior environments. He has created a powerful collection of works within a hyper-real universe where floors and walls radiate with jewel-like intensity and doors in rough industrial spaces give abruptly onto pastoral scenes. His spatial compositions are visual feasts that lead the eye in and out of doors to observe the scenes. The content of the atmospheres created by Douglas are varied, but coherent. In the works of David Douglas there is a silent solidarity reminiscent of the work of Edward Hopper, and at times the relationships of objects and the spaces remind us of the magic of Magritte. Douglas’s most recent project brings him to the Eastern Shore of Maryland and Virginia. For further information, visitwww.academyartmuseum.org.
These Places That I Know: David A. Douglas
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