Reviews of D. Loren Champlin

Reviews of the Artist D. Loren Champlin

Agora Gallery, 2007 said:

The highly textured portraits by painter D. Loren Champlin express the tumultuous experience of an intense inner life. His artwork is, as he says, "calculated chaos resulting in harmony" through his skilled fusion of lines and color within the human bodies he paints. Even if his subjects are motionless, the textures which make up their bodies reveal a multifarious nature.

Champlin's artistic vision is focused on merging the moment of inspiration with the commitment of painting. To capture the human life in a single instant, in a pose, or embrace, Champlin exceeds the bounds of portraiture and inhabits an expressionism reminiscent of fellow Norwegian Edvard Munch. Tides of color roil around his subjects like auras, and are echoed in similar ebbs within the limbs and faces of those he brings to the canvas. The human condition has always been Champlin's concern, and that vulnerability is expressed, ironically, in his bold brushwork and the tumult it conveys. D. Loren Champlin's paintings embrace the fleeting moment wherein the human character is revealed.

ArtisSpectrum Magazine 2007 Review said

In moody, expressionisitic drags of paint D. Loren Champlin exposes the brutalities and joys derived of human passion. Deep reds, flesh tones, and azures swirl across the canvas, emphasizing the emotion of the subject matter. The style is highly reminiscent of Edvard Munch, whose works influenced the Pittsburgh-born Champlin when he was living in Norway as a teenager.

The nude is a common motif in Champlin's paintings, but has varied meanings. Some are peaceful and meditative, while others are sensual or even grotesque. Each, however, exposes a truthof the individual's character. Champlin also paints scenes of musicians and familial outings. These paintings are visual stories of people absorbed by their surroundings and the things that make them happy.

Champlin's works are wrought with the raw emotion of the human experience. Themes such as romantic ardor, parental love, betrayal, and contemplation show the multiplicity of life. Invoking the untamable spirit of a stallion, his paintings emanate intensity, energy, and movement.

An online version of this magazine and review may be found here: ArtisSpectrum Vol. 18

Press Releases:

Maine Arts Commission:New Exhibit in NYC to Feature the Works of the Piscataquis County Artist D. Loren Champlin Nov 9, 2007


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