Lane DeWitt
1403 Paseo Norteno
87507 Santa Fe
USA (United States)
505-474-0506
lanedewitt.com
Kunstart: Malerei
Technik: Ölmalerei
Stil: Gegenständlich
Statement:
I am a realist painter of Native American Indians living in Santa Fe New Mexico. In this city surrounded by native people, artists and galleries with New Mexico’s natural light there is not a better place for an artist to create or live. Growing up here among the Northern Pueblo Indians is my life, my passion and what I paint. For me its all about the figure, weather it’s a life size painting of an Apache Gann or a portrait of a Tribal Governor the design, composition and execution of the work with the correct anatomy of the figure, the color and texture of the paint, all must come together and grab your attention for the painting to really work. My paintings are created by first attending native gatherings and pow wow’s where I make quick gesture drawings and take reference photos to create my final drawings. I work primarily on Russian or Belgian linen unless a piece is very large I will use cotton canvas. After the drawing is complete I begin to fill in the color working under northern light when possible, starting on the dark areas and working towards the light areas. I am constantly striving to work on the painting as a whole rather than concentrate on a small area so that eventually everything comes together. When a piece works for me I walk into my studio and am immediately drawn to it and almost cannot take my eyes away from the painting. Currently I am working on 3 different series of paintings, the first is on the Matachines of San Juan Pueblo in northern New Mexico. The Matachines perform a sacred dance that has been done consecutively on December 24, 25 since 1580 AD. The Second series is of the Apache Gann from the Mescalero Apache of southern New Mexico and the Chiracaua Apache from the San Carlos reservation in Arizona. The Gaan are spirits that live inside mountains and caves in Apache territory and manifest themselves as humans. The third series I am working on are Monumental portraits of Native American Indians from across the United States in a very large format of a 5’X7’ painting. I believe there is something very spiritual that comes thru in these monumental portraits that is lacking in any other size or medium.
Vita / Lebenslauf:
Lane DeWitt was born 1956 in Phoenix Arizona and raised in New Mexico. Early artistic influences were his mother Florene DeWitt a landscape artist working in oils and Patricia DeWitt his aunt a prominent Arizona watercolorist. On weekends the family could be found exploring the pueblos of New Mexico or visiting friends on the Navajo reservation. Summers were spent at Navajo Missions a charitable organization in Farmington New Mexico founded by Ralph Wells, Lane’s grandfather to raise orphaned Navajo children in a Christian environment. While his grandparents were working at the mission Lane would spend the day playing with the Navajo kids by the river behind the mission. Growing up alongside Native Americans instilled a deep respect for their culture and traditions. Art classes in high school in Albuquerque studying painting and sculpture he found his calling, his passion in fine art. A neighbor near the family’s summer home outside Durango Colorado the renowned western artist Oleg Stavrowsky became Lane’s friend and mentor. Lane was classically trained at the Lyme Academy College of Fine Arts in Old Lyme Connecticut in painting and sculpture. Additional private study under the school’s founder Elizabeth Gordon Chandler in portraiture. Married to wife Debra living in Santa Fe New Mexico. Weekends attending native gatherings sketching and photographing and during the week working on paintings in his studio. The nature of Lane’s work is figurative and portraiture of Native Americans with a bold use of color and texture.
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Soldiers of the Virgin
Malerei
Ölmalerei
34 x 26 x 3 cm
2009
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