Douglas Sheran
b. 1941, California ∙ CE artist from 1984 - 2008
Douglas Sheran renders figures and animals in pencil, ink, pastels, acrylics, watercolors, and ceramics, capturing the strength and essence of the subject rather than the minute detail. Playing with the human form in gestural but subdued lines, Sheran created a series of works in which he painted with acrylic paint over female figures found in the pages of magazines.
Known for creating artists books in which he either paints over the pages of a book or binds his own drawings into book form, Sheran makes a banjo type song as he works. His song was captured in an animated work that combines his ink drawings with his melodic hum.
Select Exhibitions & Projects
2020
The park "a darling walk for the mind", Creativity Explored, San Francisco, CA
What You Do, Creativity Explored, San Francisco, CA and YouTube
2017
facia obscura, Jack Fischer Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2016
No. 8, Creativity Explored, San Francisco, CA
Outsider Art Fair, New York, NY
2014
Bookworks: Text and Art from the CE Archives, SF Public Library (Main Branch), San Francisco, CA
2012
I have never really taken the time to look, Accident and Artifact, San Francisco, CA
2011
SMALL, Creativity Explored, San Francisco, CA
2010
Paper!Awesome!, Baer Ridgeway Exhibitions, San Francisco, CA
2009
"Science" Fiction, Creativity Explored, San Francisco, CA
Repetition, Creativity Explored, San Francisco, CA
2008
Fibrocosm, Creativity Explored, San Francisco, CA
Tasty, Creativity Explored, San Francisco, CA
2007
Super Heroes Super Villains, Creativity Explored, San Francisco, CA
Seeing Memory, Creativity Explored, San Francisco, CA
Shadowshine, Creativity Explored, San Francisco, CA
Naked, Creativity Explored, San Francisco, CA
2006
The Beat Goes on, Creativity Explored, San Francisco, CA
Notables, Creativity Explored, San Francisco, CA
Drawing the Line, Creativity Explored, San Francisco, CA
2005
Revenge of Monster, Creativity Explored, San Francisco, CA
Aliens: the Green Ones, Creativity Explored, San Francisco, CA
2004
Spirits and Saints, Creativity Explored, San Francisco, CA
Gesture, Creativity Explored, San Francisco, CA
2003
Monster, Creativity Explored, San Francisco, CA
Japanese Rock n' California Roll, Creativity Explored, San Francisco, CA
2002
The Power of Color, Creativity Explored, San Francisco, CA