Dana O'Regan

 

 

Untitled, acrylic on canvas, 48 x 36 in.

UNTITLED
acrylic on canvas
48 x 36 in.
unframed
$1,700

 


 


Dana O'Regan, Mount Zion, acrylic on canvas, 12 x 16 in.

MOUNT ZION
acrylic on canvas
12 x 16 in.
unframed
$250

 

  

Dana O'Regan, Nautical, acrylic on canvas, 16 x 12 in.

NAUTICAL
acrylic on canvas
16 x 12 in.
unframed
$250

 

Dana O'Regan, Fractured Landscape, acrylic on canvas, 16 x 12 in.

FRACTURED LANDSCAPE
acrylic on canvas
16 x 12 in.
unframed
SOLD

 

  

Dana O'Regan, Inscape, acrylic on canvas, 16 x 12 in.

INSCAPE
acrylic on canvas
16 x 12 in.
unframed
SOLD

 

 

Dana O'Regan, Untitled, acrylic on canvas, 20 x 24 in.

UNTITLED (2010)
acrylic on canvas
20 x 24 in.
unframed
$425

 

Dana O'Regan

THE CANNERY (2007)
acrylic on canvas
38 x 56 in.
framed
$2,350

 

Dana O'Regan, Totems of the Intuiverts, acrylic on canvas, 50 x 60 in.

TOTEMS OF THE INTUIVERTS (2007)
acrylic on canvas
50 x 60 in.
framed
$3,500

 

 

Nikki and Dana speak before the opening of his exhibition...


 

Dana O'Regan, City by the Sea, acrylic on canvas, 16 x 12 in.

CITY BY THE SEA (2010)
acrylic on canvas
16 x 12 in.
unframed
SOLD

 

  

Dana O'Regan, Waterworks, acrylic on canvas, 16 x 12 in.

WATERWORKS (2010)
acrylic on canvas
16 x 12 in.
unframed
SOLD


photographs by Chris Giles

 

 

ARTIST STATEMENT

We are drawn to the imperfections of our surroundings. Imperfections are often what give character to objects, buildings and landscapes over time. Although I do not intentionally try to create landscapes in any conventional sense, I strive to capture these inexplicable qualities from nature through gesture, colour and texture. Over the years, as I’ve split my time between working in the rough coastal regions of Grand Manan and living in the small quaint city of Fredericton. I have gained sensitivity to the unique characteristics and imperfections of both places and have let them influence my abstract approach to painting. I start every piece with a series of marks to get something on the canvas; this stage is important to me because the action gives me ideas about subject matter and composition. In the next stage, using intuition and various brush and palette knife techniques, I begin to outline and build my painting up, emphasizing the most interesting gestures. The final stage is where I try to create a story or narrative - I want the viewer to be drawn in to the structures in the landscapes and to wonder what happened there – it is the structure’s atmosphere and personality that I’m attempting to capture with my own hand. I want to leave my paintings as ambiguous as possible and let the viewer draw their own conclusions.

Dana O'Regan, 2011

 

Dana O'Regan, Shops, acrylic on canvas, 14 x 18 in.

SHOPS (2010)
acrylic on canvas
14 x 18 in.
unframed
SOLD

 

Dana O'Regan, Acadia, acrylic on canvas, 24 x 36 in.

ACADIA (2010)
acrylic on canvas
24 x 36 in.
unframed
SOLD

 


 

Emerging artist Dana O'Regan is a self-taught painter who combines his love of writing into his artworks. Dana was born in Ottawa and spend most of his life in New Brunswick including much time in Fredericton where he studied English, History and Classics at the University of New Brunswick. He started painting in 2001, splitting his time between his studio in Fredericton and Grand Manan.

Dana has exhibited his work in artist centres and in gallery spaces throughout New Brunswick since 2001 and received an Emerging Artist Creation Grant from artsNB in 2002.