Dennis Mayers
FASO Collector Recommends: Dennis Mayers
A daily newsletter featuring today’s finest visual artists.
Today’s Newsletter is Brought to You by FASO.
FASO Loves Mario Robinson’s oil paintings!
See More of Mario Robinson’s art by clicking here.
Wouldn’t You Love to work with a website hosting company that actually promotes their artists?
As you can see, at FASO, we actually do, and,
we are the only website host we know of that does.
Click the button below to start working
with an art website host that actually cares about art.
FASO Collector Recommends: Dennis Mayers
Biography
Dennis grew up on a farm in Minnesota, as a kid besides going to school and doing normal farm stuff, there weren’t a lot of creative things to do, so Dennis started to draw. One year his sister wanted to paint during summer break. She did some painting in high school, so her mother bought her paints, brushes and three canvases. She started to paint and one week later she was done with painting. Dennis remembers the subject matter that his sister was trying to paint and the painful frustration she went through. He was proud of her for trying. Years later Dennis knew that the path of an artist is a journey not a sprint.
In 1996, Dennis moved to Oregon realizing that the cold and snow of Minnesota really wasn’t his thing. His path towards painting was a little slower. Doing pencil drawing for many years, then he added charcoal and then colored pencils. In 1999 to 2000 Dennis enrolled in three terms of life drawing at Portland Community College in Oregon, after that he enrolled in three terms of watercolor from 2000 to 2001. Along with watercolor, Dennis started to play with acrylic and oil which has changed his path as an artist.
Dennis is drawn to realism, not just for the challenge of trying to represent something from nature, but the excitement and challenge of building a painting from nothing. His desire to paint never changes, just driving down a road watching the trees go by and watching the light pass through the trees, thinking how that would make a great painting.
Learn More About Dennis Mayers
New Artwork by FASO Members
Your art could be here tomorrow, for free.