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Paintings
by ELDON
Hello, I am Larry Davidson. Eldon is my little used middle name. Some time ago I decided to use it to sign my art. I began painting in high school, but did not take classes until college. I studied with Richard Rasmussen at Whitman College and with the artist John Ford of the Picture House in Walla Walla. From Rasmussen I learned drawing and watercolor and from Ford I learned about oil painting , wood sculpture and focused heavily on composition based on principles taught by Buckminster Fuller. At Whitman I also was into theatrical scenery design, painting and drafting. I also did scene painting under the instruction of Jack Freimann (John Raymond Freimann, Jr.) who had been designing and painting stage scenery in New York. I received an MFA from Stanford, where I took art history courses, learned more about drafting and perspective, and worked with the scenic artist Davis West, then the scenic artist for the San Francisco Opera. From him I learned to create big scenes from little sketches and to mix color accurately to match almost any color I need to make. I became an Assistant Professor at the University of Denver, where I taught, among other things, lighting design, drafting, including architectural perspective and scenic painting. I painted many shows, including one for the Central City Opera. During the past few years I have left my inclination to paint impressionistic landscapes and abstract impressionistic flowers and such, and have moved to pure abstract, perhaps towards an abstract expression. I began to see where using pure line would take me while playing with a computer drawing program. When I began to fill in the blanks with color, I went off into my short lived "ala Mondrian" phase. I have not settled into any style nor have I plans to do so. For now, my painting is an expression of me, with no encumbrances from outside. I show to my friends and have been encouraged to hang my art in my office at 340 Bonair Siding Road, Stanford, CA. 94305. To see a representative example of my work move onto the next page, the list of paintings. All paintings on this site are copyrighted by Larry Davidson and copying them without permission is prohibited. To contact me send an Email to:
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