Douglas Fryer "Moving Landscape" Solo Exhibition June 5-25, 2020

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Moving Landscape

Douglas Fryer Moving Landscape June 19-25, 2020 Opening Reception Friday, June 19, 2020 | 5 to 7pm

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Summer Storm Passing oil 20x45

225 Canyon Road, Santa Fe, New Mexico | 505.983.1434 www.meyergalleries.com | meyersfnm@aol.com

Douglas Fryer was born in Salt Lake City , Utah, and was raised in Illinois and California. In 1988 he received a BFA in Illustration from Brigham Young University in Provo Utah, and later returned to BYU for further study toward an MFA in Painting and Drawing, completing the degree in 1995.

Douglas has taught fine art and illustration at several universities and art schools, including BYU, The University of Hartford in Hartford Connecticut, and at The Fashion Institute of Technology in New York City.

Although he works mainly in oil, Douglas enjoys working in a variety of mediums including watercolor, printmaking, and digital. His love of landscape stems from having lived in many beautiful areas of the country, including seven years in rural Vermont, and most recently central Utah.

His personal works are moving images of places, objects and people that have simple, yet profound significance to him. He hopes that those who view his paintings will sense his love for his subjects and his pleasure in working with his materials.

Edge of Morning oil 18x18

The Weeping Willow oil 9x9

“I’m continuing the idea of abstraction and simplification, with ideas of unity and variety.” - Douglas Fryer

August Cutting oil 7.5x12

Mill on the Connecticut River oil 10x20

Pears in the Early Morning Light oil 12x16

Fryer’s latest paintings emphasize quick movement and shifting perspectives.

Layers of abstract marks and visible strokes or scrapes of paint indicate literal elements such as wind or rain, while also speaking to more metaphorical ideas and interpretations. “Instead of defining things by their stillness, I’m defining them in a certain extent by their movement,” says Fryer.

Autumn Memory oil 18x18

Grassy Banks and Hedges, Callander oil 36x36

“Movement through a landscape, past it, or movement felt within.

The movement of wind through trees, or maybe implied movement of the passage of time. Those are the things that I’m exploring within these paintings.” - Douglas Fryer

Sevier River Near Marysvale oil 18x18

Small Bowl of Plums oil 8x8

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Early Light Spring City oil 9x9

Black Horses oil 12x24

Forgotten Cottage oil 8x8

Ranch Pond oil 7x14

previous page Moonlight and Desert Wash oil 12x24

Peonies in the Little Honey Jar oil 18x18

Peonies in the White Pitcher oil 18x18

Thistle Creek and the Marysvale Branch oil 36x36

Christmas Eve oil 6.25x10

Grazing at Dusk oil 15x30

Composition with Pears oil 7x10

Morning oil 36x36

Douglas Fryer August Cutting Autumn Memory Christmas Eve Composition with Pears Early Light Spring City Edge of Morning Grassy Banks & Hedges, Callander Grazing at Dusk Mill on the Connecticut River Moonlight & Desert Wash Morning Pears in the Early Morning Light Peonies in the Little Honey Jar Peonies in the White Pitcher Ranch Pond Sevier River Near Marysvale Small Bowl of Plums Summer Storm Passing Thistle Creek & the Marysvale Branch The Weeping Willow

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Moving Landscape June 19-25, 2020 Opening Reception Friday, June 19, 2020 | 5 to 7pm

225 Canyon Road, Santa Fe, New Mexico | 505.983.1434 www.meyergalleries.com | meyersfnm@aol.com