Dan Kirchoff Celestia The Belfast Rail Trail
“Celestial: The Belfast Rail Trail”, by Dan Kirchoff, Acrylic

 

Local Color Gallery is pleased to welcome guest artist Dan Kirchoff from November 24 through December 20. He will talk about his work at the Art Walk reception on Friday, November 27, 4-7 pm. Kirchoff will speak at 5:00.

Kirchoff works in acrylics and pen-and-ink, two mediums which complement his aims, both approached without pencil underdrawing, going directly to color and ink, giving a quality of immediacy with control. He works both in the studio and en plein aire, depending on the subject.

Kirchoff focuses on the world around him, engaging viewers with realism, an item of focus within the frame, color created solely from the primaries (red, yellow and blue) plus white, or in black-and-white with light, both direct and reflected, bright and subtle.

 

Dan Kirchoff Memorial Bridge Belfast
“Memorial Bridge Belfast”, by Dan Kirchoff, Pen-and-Ink

 

Kirchoff earned a BFA from Auburn University in 1983, then worked in advertising agencies in Mobile and Birmingham, Alabama. Relocating to Maine in 1986, Kirchoff freelanced for illustration projects, worked as a production project manager for McGraw-Hill, then for a local free newspaper doing design, layout,t and illustration, and also political cartoons for a group of four midcoast Maine newspapers. Kirchoff continued doing political cartoons for The Midcoast Villager and book illustrations for Maine publishers. Currently, he draws political cartoons and illustrated articles for The Bollard of Portland as well as acrylic and pen-and-ink artwork for local galleries and events.

Kirchoff lives, draws and paints, sings and plays clarinet and guitar, and finds creative ways to stack firewood in Belfast with his wife Jen and three crazy and unruly cats. See www.dankirchoff.com.

Local Color Gallery is located at 135 High Street in Belfast. November Hours are Tuesday to Sunday, 10 to 4. For more information see localcolorgallerymaine.org or call 207-218-1249.