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Lover's Cove, 1996, oil on canvas, 24” x 31 1/2”
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DENNIS HARE
ARTIST STATEMENT
Today I believe we live in a society where art has become a slick, saccharine corporate style of "beauty" that is desensitizing American society. I create pieces that are a direct contrast to this style.
I feel my work has a "soul" and beauty of things simple, imperfect, impermanent, incomplete, and unconventional. It is the beauty of things humble and modest, where corrosion and contamination make the expression richer. My work is made of materials that are visibly vulnerable to the effects of weathering and human treatment. The record of the sun, wind, rain, heat, and cold create a language of discoloration. Rust, tarnish, stain, warping, shrinking, and cracking are my pallet. There is a poise and character to this natural aging process that brings life to my work.
Paints, tar, emulsions, and lacquers are applied to weathered junkyard materials to create a new cohesive whole. I know a piece is complete when I feel a deep spiritual connection. It is not so much what a piece says, but how it feels. I am satisfied when my work has a strength of character beckoning the viewer to get close, to touch, and to relate.
BORN 1946 Glendale, CA
EDUCATION
1971 Bachelor Degree, San Diego State University, CA
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2005 Peter Blake Gallery, Laguna Beach, CA
2004 Robert Green Fine Arts, Mill Valley, CA
2003 The Bolinas Museum, Bolinas, CA
2002 (seven degrees), Laguna Beach, CA
2000 Hackett-Freedman Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1999 Peter Blake Gallery, Laguna Beach, CA
Peyton Wright Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
The University of the South, Swanee, TN
Winfield Gallery, Carmel, CA
Peter Blake Gallery, Laguna Beach, CA
1997 Diane Nelson Gallery, Laguna Beach, CA
Peyton Wright Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
1996 Campbell-Thiebaud Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1995 Peter Blake Gallery, Laguna Beach, CA
John Natsoulas Gallery, Davis, CA
1994 Campbell-Thiebaud Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Peter Blake Gallery, Laguna Beach, CA
1993 Stanford Art Gallery, Palo Alto, CA
Campbell-Thiebaud Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Sartor Gallery, Laguna Beach, CA
1992 Campbell-Thiebaud Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1991 Campbell-Thiebaud Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Rutgers Barclay Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
1990 Allan Stone Gallery, New York, NY
1989 Campbell-Thiebaud Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1987 Art & Frame Company, Laguna Beach, CA
1986 Wade Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Gallery Uno, Puerto Vallarta, Mexico
Interior Expressions, Santa Cruz, CA
1983 Capitola Gallery, Santa Cruz, CA
The Ark Gallery, Santa Cruz, CA
1982 Courtyard Gallery, Santa Cruz, CA
Interior Expressions, Santa Cruz, CA
1980 Ka'u Gallery, Volcano Art Center, Hawaii
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2008-2009 Painterly Painting – the Next Level
The Art Museum of Los Gatos
2006 Bay Area Figurative, Then and Now
John Natsoulas Gallery, Davis, CA
Donna Seager Gallery, San Rafael, CA
Robert Green Fine Arts, Mill Valley, CA
2005 The Outsiders and Dennis Hare
Charles Campbell Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Susan Street Gallery, Solana Beach, CA
Art from the Heat - LA County Fair
Millard Sheets Gallery
2004 C.F.A. Gallery, San Anselmo, CA
Selections from the Pacific Art Foundation Collection
Henley Galleria at Chapman University, CA
2003 Expressive Painting, Robert Green Fine Arts, Mill Valley, CA
Sight and Insight Art Center, Mill Valley, CA - Curator, Ted Cohen
Structure, Showcase Gallery, Coastline Community College, CA
A Spiritual Odyssey, Dennis Hare and Gene Isaacson
Legacy Art Gallery, Santa Ana, CA
2002 Painters' Painters, Square Blue at Bradford Gallery, Newport Beach, CA
Self Portraits, Square Blue at Bradford Gallery, Newport Beach, CA
Industrial, Biola College, Fullerton, CA
1999 Contemporary Bay Area Painters, Diane Nelson Fine Art, Laguna Beach, CA
Recent Work: Paintings by Terry St. John, Dennis Hare, John Dubrow, Larry Cohen,
Peter Nye, and others, Hackett-Freedman Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Peter Blake Gallery, Laguna Beach, CA
1998 Meet the Artists II, The Pacific Club, Newport Beach, CA
Peter Blake Gallery, Laguna Beach, CA
1997 Mendenhall Gallery, Pasadena, CA
Occupied Territories: Images of Human Presence in the Landscapes
Arts Benicia Center Gallery, Benicia, CA
1996 Twenty-five Treasures, Campbell-Thiebaud Gallery, San Francisco, CA, Catalogue
Personal Landscape: 4 Painters Reflect, Diane Nelson Gallery, Laguna Beach, CA
1995 Twenty-five Treasures, Campbell-Thiebaud Gallery, San Francisco, CA, Catalogue
THE FIGURE: Paintings, Drawings, and Sculpture, Balthus, Elmer Bischoff, Joan Brown,
de Kooning, De Staebler, Diebenkorn, Chuck Eckart, Dennis Hare, Manuel Neri, etc.
Campbell-Thiebaud Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Plein Air Painters, The Pope Gallery, Santa Cruz, CA
1993 Four West Coast Painters: Nathan Olivera, David Park, Dennis Hare, Larry Cohen,
Salander O'Reilly Galleries, Los Angeles, CA
Paint, Stuart Katz Contemporary Art, Laguna Beach, CA
Landscape, The Gallery Theater of Skyline College, San Bruno, CA
1991 Allan Stone Gallery, New York, NY
Campbell-Thiebaud Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1990 Works on Paper, Campbell-Thiebaud Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1988 Christmas Group Show, Drawings and Small Paintings
Charles Campbell Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1987 67th Annual Exhibition, National Watercolor Society, City of Brea Civic and Cultural Center, Brea, CA.
Catalogue
1986 National Watercolor Society, San Bernardino County Museum, Redlands, CA
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