Turman - Larison Contemporary

Contemporary art & design featuring paintings, ceramics, etchings, photography, sculpture and glass by nationally and internationally known artists.

The artwork of Doug Turman defies simple explanation. Once you've seen one of his new oils on panel, the series entitled 'Streets of Verona', inspired by a recent trip to Italy, you'll be convinced that each one has a story to tell but Turman insists that it's the viewer who is the story teller not himself. 'There is no key to how to view these paintings. I want them to be complicated, beautifully compelling visual experiences. I don't go out of my way to please people with my work.'

How many of us have taken a trip and later tried to recount it to someone who wasn't there? Words are limited and photographs just can't capture the memory. As a painter, Doug Turman is in a unique position to represent a visual memory, malleable, changeable and prone to interpretation, yet immediate, unexpected and a delight to behold.