Dana Doran

Born in 1953 and a native of California, I started painting fifty years ago. Study to complete my bachelor’s degree heightened and refined my skills at developing art that encourages a longer look and the importance of visual imagery in the context of cultural influence, historically and in the contemporary. My passion lies in translating the content of my inner vision into a visual image that is provocative enough to establish a memory of its own.

2014 Bachelor of Interdisciplinary Art, Magna Cum Laude, 2014, University of Washington at Bothell, Bothell, Washington
2012 Associate of Arts, Cascadia Community College, Bothell, Washington
1990 College of San Mateo, San Mateo, California
1972 California State University at Long Beach, Long Beach, California
1970 Golden West Junior College, Huntington Beach, California

2017 [/life in the Matrix]: Anarchy, 2016, (oil on canvas, 30” x 30”), [/life in the Matrix]: Acceptance, 2016 (oil on canvas, 30” x 40”) and [/life in the Matrix]: Invasion, 2016 (oil on canvas, 30” x 30”) Clamor Literary and Arts Journal Exhibition, University of Washington Bothell, May 2017.
2016 The Melancholy Crow, 2015, (oil on canvas, 30” x 40”), Quantum Physics, 2015, (oil on canvas, 18” x 24”) Continuing Exhibit, Student Success. University of Washington Bothell, Jan. 2017 - Nov.2017.
2015 High Five: They Might Be Giants, 2014, (oil on canvas, 24” x 30”), The Last Dance, 2015,(oil on canvas, 36”’ x 36”) and Surrender: Peace and Deception, 2014, (oil on canvas, 36” x 36”). 2015 Bellingham National Salon des Refusés at the Whatcom Museum, Bellingham, Washington, May/Sept 2015. (Juror: Scott Lawrimore, Director of Jacob Lawrence Gallery, University of Washington Seattle)
2015 Up Against the Wall: Bye Bye Blackbird, 2014 (24” x 30”, acrylic on canvas). Juried Exhibit. VALA Springtime, Redmond, Washington, March/April 2015.
2014 Mystery Solved, 2014, (oil on canvas) CoCA September 2014.
2013 Fall, 2012 (oil on Masonite panel, 13” x 17”), La Femme Enfant, 2013 (acrylic on canvas, 16” x 20”), and Jasmi...