Photos from Dan Shepherd's Harvard-Westlake Viewing

Yesterday evening, dnj Gallery held a private viewing for participants from the Harvard-Westlake community. Local photographer, Dan Shepherd, held a lively lecture and discussion for his current exhibition, "Blinded by Science: Alaska/California Collection".

Dan Shepherd discussing his current exhibition "Blinded by Science: Alaska/California Collection"

Our guests taking a close look at Dan Shepherd's photographs printed on his own hand-made paper.

Please join us at dnj Gallery this Saturday, on April 12th at 2pm when Dan Shepherd will have a public artist talk to discuss his current exhibition. Come and listen to Shepherd share his science-inspired artistic adventures that will have you looking at trees and nature in a whole new way and hear from the artist himself about how he melds his scientific background, portraying distinct gestures and characteristics of the trees, in creating his beautiful and unique works of art.

Please contact us for questions about the artist talk, or if you are interested in purchasing work by Dan Shepherd.

Upcoming Event: Artist Talk with Dan Shepherd

Artist Talk with Dan Shepherd

Blinded by Science: Alaska/California Collection

April 12, 2014 at 2pm

Dan Shepherd, Alaska Trees #5,

2013, Archival Pigment Print on Hahnemühle fine art parchment paper

with a hand torn deckle edge, 12” x 18”, 24” x 36”, or 36” x 54”

dnj Gallery is pleased to host an artist talk by Dan Shepherd for his current exhibition, "Blinded by Science: Alaska/California Collection". This exhibition features photographs that explore the interplay between science and art. Come and listen to Dan Shepherd explain how he used his expert knowledge as a starting point for his work that includes not just scientific analysis but also a very personal perspective on the natural world.

Dan Shepherd develops a layered, formal view of our environment by focusing on colors, shapes, and textures. As he explains, he seeks to "use the power of abstraction to filter out the science details in his head" so that he can focus on the purely visual elegance of nature and create almost portrait-like images of trees, plants and landscapes. In this exhibition, he expands his breadth by photographing the characteristics of our landscape at two of his favorite botanical locations, Alaska and California. With an M.A. in Environmental Science from Columbia University and an International Diploma in Plant Conservation from the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, England, Shepherd uses his expert knowledge of plants to capture their most interesting and graphic features. Shepherd's series is fundamentally about his return to seeing, rather than scientifically analyzing, the natural world.

For his latest collections, Dan has traveled to the great forests of Alaska and open landscapes of California, and the new images reflect this evolution of his photographic vision. He continues to use the power of abstraction to filter out the science details in his head that lets him focus on the pure beauty of nature and create unique portraits of the trees, plants and landscapes.

Dan Shepherd currently works as both a visual artist and as a conservation professional for organizations in Los Angeles. His photographs have been exhibited in various locations throughout the country, and have been featured in several recent publications, including "The Orion Magazine," "The F-Stop Magazine -Abstraction" and "Lenscratch." This is Shepherd's second solo exhibition at dnj Gallery.

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