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Doug
Oliver has been a significant contributor
to the art of the American West
for more than three decades. His
landscape images of soaring skies
and panoramic vistas are well known
throughout the contemporary art
world.
He
was born in Dayton, Ohio relocating
with his family to California as
a young boy. The grandeur of the
western landscape had a profound
influence on him. He began painting
at age twelve and continued his
studies throughout his high school
and community college years. He
entered the prestigious Chouinard
Art Institute, earning his Bachelor
of Fine Arts degree in 1968. Soon
after, he was awarded a Master of
Fine Arts degree from the University
of Redlands, California. His early
career was spent as an art educator
in Lancaster, California teaching in secondary and local community
college art departments. He began
full time studio work in 1981.
Today,
he is represented in several premier
art galleries throughout the West.
His work is included in some of
the finest corporate and private
collections worldwide. Limited edition
prints and posters have been published
by Bentley Fine Art Group, Leslie
Levy Fine Art Publishing, Inc. and
Winn-Devon Art Publishing Group
and distributed internationally.
The Art of Doug Oliver has been
featured in Art of the West and
Southwest Art magazines.
Today
he lives with his wife Barbara in Prescott, Arizona where they make their home and studio high on a hill
overlooking the Prescott National
Forest. They are parents of two
sons: Jeffrey, an IT professional
in San Diego, and Jason, post-production
sound editor with Warner Bros. Studios
in Burbank, California.
Studio appointments are welcome.
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