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David Harlan

David Harlan’s impressionistic landscapes, rich in color and texture, are painted in a certain simplicity; his compositions have emotional impact that cuts across many categories of definition. As a landscape painter, he felt he had a lot of freedom to interpret, but he thought his basic responsibility as a painter was to reflect not only what is there, but to go beyond. The going beyond is the emotional impact - how light alters shape, casts shadow, brings up detail, and gives definition.

“The whole object of my intent is to paint more simply - to paint mood without detail.”

Harlan, a Kansas Native, graduated from Wichita State University and was a Signature Member of The International Society of Marine Painters. Harlan’s work can be found in both private and corporate collections throughout the country.