While
with an eye made quiet by the power
of harmony, and the deep power of joy,
see into the life of things.
William Wordsworth
This
disposition, expressed in Wordsworth’s poem Lines Composed Above
Tintern Abbey, is the motivating factor
in the paintings and prints of
Doug Osa. By the late 1970's painting directly, or "en plein air"
, from the landscape had become the foundation of his work. His desire is
to seek the underlying order and beauty of those things observed. The resulting
works are, in effect, records of those observations.
The subjects he chooses to work from lend themselves to this scrutiny. They are not so much sought after as they are discovered, sometimes in the most unlikely places. This discovery often takes place over many visits to an area throughout the seasons and years. The conviction of working directly from nature produces images conceived in the mind’s eye, brought into existence through line and color resulting in that elusive sense of place.
Education
1980-83 Graduate School; The University of Kansas;
Lawrence, KS. Painting; MFA.
1979-80 Kansas City Art Institute;
Kansas City, MO; The Art Students' League; New York, NY.
1970-78 Kansas State University; Manhattan, KS;
Biology; BS 1974; Drawing and Painting; BFA.
Selected
One-Man Exhibitions
2005 Huntington Museum of Art; Huntington, WV.
2000 Tatistcheff and Company, Inc.; New York,
NY.
1999 Marianna Kistler Beach Museum of Art; Kansas
State University; Manhattan, KS.
1997 Tatistcheff and Company, Inc.; New York,
NY.
1996 Capricorn Galleries; Bethesda, MD.
1992 American Legacy Gallery; Kansas City, MO.
1988 Southwest College; Winfield, KS.
1987 Kansas State University Art Building; Manhattan,
KS.
1987 Johnson County Community College; Overland
Park, KS.
Selected
Invitational Shows
2001 Remembering the Family Farm: One Hundred Fifty
Years of American Prints; Spencer Museum of Art; The University of
Kansas; Lawrence, KS and The Albright-Kemper Museum; St. Joseph, MO.
1995 Sudlow and Friends; Traveling Exhibition;
October - December.
1994 The Artist Members Spring Exhibition; The
Print Club of Albany; Albany, NY.
1993 Ninth Annual Artists of the West Show; Colorado
Springs Pioneers Museum; Colorado Springs, CO.
Selected
Group Exhibitions
2003 Landscapes and the Critters that Live Therein;
Gallery Karl Oskar; Kansas City, MO.
2002 Still Life: Paintings and Works on Paper;
Harris Gallery; Houston, TX.
2001 Mainely Maine; Sherry French Gallery; New
York, NY.
2000 Tatistcheff and Company, Inc.; New York,
NY.
1998 Tatistcheff and Company, Inc.; New York,
NY.
1998 American Legacy Gallery; Kansas City, MO.
1996 American Legacy Gallery; Kansas City, MO.
1994 Paintings and prints; American Legacy Gallery;
Kansas City, MO.
1992 Watercolors; American Legacy Gallery; Kansas
City, MO.
1991 Alpha Gallery; Denver, CO.
Selected
Juried Exhibitions
1994 Eighth Parkside National Small Print Exhibition;
The University of Wisconsin - Parkside; Kenosha, WI.
1993 The Print Club of Albany Annual Exhibition;
Albany, NY.
1993 The 1993 Print Club of Albany Small Print Exhibit;
Park Row Gallery; Chatham, NY.
1992 Allied Artists of America 79th Annual Exhibition;
The National Arts Club; New York, NY.
1992 The American Artists Professional League 64th Grand
National Exhibition; The Salmagundi Club; New York, NY.
1989 Allied Artists of America 76th Annual Exhibition;
The National Arts Club; New York, NY.
1989 American Artists Professional League 61st Grand
National Exhibition,
The Salmagundi Club; New York, NY.
1989 Watercolor West 21st Annual Exhibition;
San Bernadino County Museum; Redlands, CA.
1988 Allied Artists of America 75th Annual Exhibition;
The National Arts Club, New York, NY.
BIBLIOGRAPHY
2003 Bill North; ...to build up a rich collection...Selected
Works from the Marianna Kistler Beach Museum of Art; The Marianna Kistler
Beach Museum of Art; Kansas State University; 2003.
1997 Stanley Cuba: "Doug Osa"; Southwest
Art Magazine; February, 1997.
1995 Max Evans; "Artist Enjoys His Brush With Life",
TheOlathe Daily News, December 2,1995.
1995 Carole Katchen; Make Your Watercolors Look Professional;
North Light Books, 1995.
1995 Carole Katchen; "Mastering Oil and Water";
The Artist's Magazine; October, 1995.
1993 George McKenna; Nelson Gallery-Atkins Museum
Newsletter; page 3; June, 1992.
