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YOUNG, DARREN

Since leaving graduate school and going to Colorado in 1999, I have been in the pursuit of painting the effects that man and nature have on landscape. Now that I have moved to the Carolinas, I am painting areas in this region that strike a formal response. It sometimes may be because of color, light, or an interesting architectural shape.   I consider myself primarily a “painterly realist” landscape painter. I begin most of my paintings on-site and usually finish them in the studio. My primary focus in painting is trying to get a sense of light in my painting while using intense color and strong contrast in areas. I try to get a strong sense of emotion by using many different kinds of brush marks on the canvas. I occasionally use printmaking rollers directly on the canvas to get marks that are different from the conventional “look” of a brush. I am fascinated by what paint can do and what its limitations are.       I am inspired by many different artists, especially George Inness, Bonnard, and Edward Hopper. I am influenced by each artist for different reasons. Some inspire me because of their color use, sense of light, and mark-making ability; others inspire me because of their composition and draftsmanship. I try to integrate elements of their work into my own while keeping my own “style.”   To read an interview with Darren Young, please click here.     EDUCATION                        1997-99           Indiana University, School of Art, Bloomington Indiana.                       Master of Fine Arts Degree in Painting. 1996                Vermont Studio Center, Johnson Vermont. Studied under Wolf Kahn Janet Fish, David Humphries, Ed Smith 1991-95           East Carolina University, School of Art, Greenville North Carolina. Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree in Painting.   EXHIBITIONS    2004                Connie Winters/ Darren Young, Shain Fine Art, Charlotte N.C.,  Shain Fine Art, Charlotte N.C. 2003                 The Great Paint Off,  Shain Fine Art, Charlotte N.C.                        Generation Gap,  Shain Fine Art, Charlotte N.C. 2002                Director’s Choice, Curtis Center of Arts and Humanities, Denver                                                   2001                Expo 2001, Art Students League of Denver, Denver 2000                100 under 500, Lee Hansley Gallery, Raleigh N.C. Student and Faculty Show, Art Students League of Denver,  Faculty Show, Art Students League of Denver, CO Honorarium Faculty Show, University of Colorado at Denver, 1999                Group Show, Irene Morrah Ingold Fine Art,SC Faculty Show, Art Students League of Denver, Denver M.F.A. Thesis Exhibition, Indiana University Museum of Art Bloomington, IN. 1998                M.F.A. Show, Indiana University School of Fine Art (SOFA) Gallery,    Bloomington, IL 1997                East Carolina Alumni Show, Lee Street Community Arts Center, Monroe, N.C.                                                    PUBLICATIONS            Bloomington Herald- January 1999; Rocky Mountain News, Westword,                                             Centennial Citizen- August 2002