Don Kottmann
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Don Kottmann is a Canadian painter living in Calgary
, Alberta
. He was born and raised in St. Louis, Missouri
.
Kottmann is a painter who uses light, colour, line, paint, relationships and energy - to orchestrate and structure the two dimensional plane and spatial dimension. Kottmann's paintings incorporate dissonance, improvisation, disparate elements, and complex colour and space relationships into unrecognizable locations.
Kottmann holds a Bachelor in Fine Arts from the University of Kansas
and a Masters in Fine Arts from the University of Washington
. He teaches in the Drawing Department of the Alberta College of Art & Design. His work has been exhibited worldwide as a representative of Canada, and has shown in the United States and Canada extensively.
Calgary
Calgary is a city in the Province of Alberta, Canada. It is located in the south of the province, in an area of foothills and prairie, approximately east of the front ranges of the Canadian Rockies...
, Alberta
Alberta
Alberta is a province of Canada. It had an estimated population of 3.7 million in 2010 making it the most populous of Canada's three prairie provinces...
. He was born and raised in St. Louis, Missouri
Missouri
Missouri is a US state located in the Midwestern United States, bordered by Iowa, Illinois, Kentucky, Tennessee, Arkansas, Oklahoma, Kansas and Nebraska. With a 2010 population of 5,988,927, Missouri is the 18th most populous state in the nation and the fifth most populous in the Midwest. It...
.
Kottmann is a painter who uses light, colour, line, paint, relationships and energy - to orchestrate and structure the two dimensional plane and spatial dimension. Kottmann's paintings incorporate dissonance, improvisation, disparate elements, and complex colour and space relationships into unrecognizable locations.
Kottmann holds a Bachelor in Fine Arts from the University of Kansas
University of Kansas
The University of Kansas is a public research university and the largest university in the state of Kansas. KU campuses are located in Lawrence, Wichita, Overland Park, and Kansas City, Kansas with the main campus being located in Lawrence on Mount Oread, the highest point in Lawrence. The...
and a Masters in Fine Arts from the University of Washington
University of Washington
University of Washington is a public research university, founded in 1861 in Seattle, Washington, United States. The UW is the largest university in the Northwest and the oldest public university on the West Coast. The university has three campuses, with its largest campus in the University...
. He teaches in the Drawing Department of the Alberta College of Art & Design. His work has been exhibited worldwide as a representative of Canada, and has shown in the United States and Canada extensively.