Dan Boldman was raised in Portsmouth, Ohio where his love of the landscape began. He spent much of his youth exploring the hills and woods of the Scioto River valley, and began to depict these landscapes with paint. Dan received his BFA and MFA from the University of Cincinnati in Cincinnati, Ohio.  He has shown extensively throughout the Midwest and East Coast. His work is included in numerous corporate and private collections. 

Statement

My entire life has revolved around the land; scouting, hiking, camping, hunting, biking and observing.  I take great pride in the fact that I can look at a landscape, no matter where in this country, and almost sensually feel, in my mind, the texture of the surface.  I never tire or become calloused to the land, as it is constantly changing with time and seasons.  My reason for being an artist is quite pure and simple: I love nature, and enjoy the difficult process of capturing it on canvas and, most of all, sharing the results with others.

I work in oils and on four to six paintings at once.  By working on multiple paintings I always have one that is dry enough to glaze and rework.  Each piece takes many sessions and at the beginning of each session the painting is glazed first and then repainted.  It is this process of repeated glazing, along with years of color and light experimentation that gives the paintings their luminosity.

Solo Shows

2010   Cowgirl Red, Madrid, NM

2008   Misenko Boldman Fine Arts, Madrid, NM

2006   The Petroleum Club, Albuquerque, NM

2005   Misenko Boldman Fine Arts, Madrid, NM

2003   Solo show, Laura Craig Gallery, Scranton, PA

2003   Retrospective, Keystone College, LaPlume, PA             

           Award winner for “Regional Art 2000”

2001   Laura Craig Gallery, Scranton, PA

2001   Liztec Gallery, East Stroudsburg, PA

1997   New Arts Salon, Philadelphia, PA

1996   Prufrocks, Scranton, PA

1993   Bixler Gallery, New York City, NY

1992   25 Year Retrospect, Southern Ohio Museum and Cultural Center,

           Portsmouth, OH

1992   Kettering Visual Arts Series, Kettering, OH

1987   Recent Painting, Cincinnati Commission on the Arts, Cincinnati, OH

1986   Panel Paintings, Carnegie Arts Center, Covington, KY

1983   Tony Birckhead Gallery, Cincinnati, OH

1983   University of Dayton, Dayton, OH

1982   Artreach Gallery, Columbus, OH

1982   Northern Kentucky University, Highland Heights, KY

1977   The Pantheon Gallery, San Francisco, CA

1975   Cooper School of Art, Cleveland, OH

Selected Group Shows

2010   Canyon Road Fine Art, Santa Fe, NM

2010   Tatiana Maria Gallery, Silver City, NM

2009   Tatiana Maria Gallery, Silver City, NM

2008   Indigo Gallery, Madrid, NM

2002   Terrie Bennett Gallerie, Taos, New Mexico

2001   Mayfair National Juried Show, Allentown, PA, Honorable Mention

2000   Group Show, Pocono Manor, Mt. Pocono, PA

2000   Group Show, Liztech Gallery, East Stroudsburg, PA

2000   Group Show, Laura Craig Gallery, Scranton, PA

2000   “Regional 2000,” Juried Show, Marywood University, Scranton, PA, 

            award, solo show

2000   Mayfair National Juried Show, Allentown, PA, 2^nd place

1999   Liztech Gallery, East Stroudsburg, PA

1998   Allentown At Museum Invitational, Allentown, PA

1991   Group Invitational Exhibition, Ohio State Governor’s Residence,

           Columbus, OH

1990   Ruth Volid Gallery, Chicago, Ill

1988   Middletown Arts Center, Middletown OH, Best of Show

1985   Zolla Lieberman Gallery, Chicago, Ill

1985   The Hunter Museum, Chattanooga, TN

1984   Middlebury College, Middlebury, VT

1984   Bienale International De Merignac Bordeaux, France

1979   The Contemporary Arts Center, Cincinnati, OH

Representation

Canyon Road Fine Art, Santa Fe, NM

Tatiana Maria Gallery, Silver City, NM

Cowgirl Red, Madrid, NM