Artist Focus: Dennis Doheny

Represented at William A. Karges Fine Art in Carmel, California, is Dennis Doheny, a third-generation Californian who was born and raised in the Los Angeles area and currently resides in Santa Barbara, California. Growing up with an innate love of art, he spent much of his childhood drawing and painting. Although he studied some art in school, Doheny is largely self-taught.

Earth and Sky, oil on linen, 24 x 30”

“Since 1996, his fine art career has developed a strong following both locally and nationally,” the gallery notes. “Collectors are drawn to his beautiful, heroic renderings of the Western landscape. Taking the best from the great California and Hudson River School artists of the past, Dennis has fused and reinterpreted the genres, combining dramatic light, rich color and specifically selected and finely crafted detail to create a unique and distinctive vision of the American West.”

Montaña de Oro, oil on linen, 30 x 36”

The artist has won numerous awards, including the Irvine Museum Prize at the California Art Club’s 105th Annual Gold Medal Exhibition. Previously, he was awarded the Irvine Museum Gold Medal at the California Art Club’s 2013 exhibition. At the same show, he also received the American Art Collector Award of Excellence.

Coastal Ridges, oil on linen, 24 x 30”

In 2009, Doheny was honored to be chosen for the Edgar Payne Award for best landscape at the California Art Club’s 2009 Gold Medal Juried Exhibition. His work is also shown at the prestigious Prix de West exhibition at the National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum in Oklahoma City. In both 2006 and 2008, Doheny received the Frederic Remington Award given in recognition of exceptional artistic merit. Also in 2006, he was honored with the Inaugural Purchase Prize at the Eiteljorg Museum’s Quest for the West. Other awards include honors at the Masters of the American West at the Autry Museum of the American West and at the Carmel Plein Air Competition.

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