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Dennis Campay
Mixed-media artist, Dennis Campay, invites us into his languorous,
richly colored worlds of reverie and reality, intimacy and spiritual
journey. Drawing on a language of symbols that suggest rather
than shout, in hues that range from melancholic to jubilant, Campay’s
paintings combine vaguely European cityscapes with distinctly
Southern imagery. His kaleidoscopic scenes present a mesmerizing
mix of Doric columns, porticos, slatted shutters, and balconies,
gently coexisting with coastal marshes, white-washed churches,
boats, and bridges. Silvery bodies of water, worn books, the solitary
piano, and ubiquitous chairs take their place where interiors
and exteriors blend and beckon, seducing the viewer inside the
setting - to question, to seek connections, to dream.
A graduate of the Atlanta College of Art in 1992, Campay has received
numerous prizes, including for his work on paper at the prestigious
2001 Florence Biennale. He has been featured in Art & Antiques
magazine, as well as New American Paintings. He is the subject
of John T. Spike’s book, Campay: New Paintings (2002). His
original mixed media works and drawings are hanging in private
collections across the United States, in corporate collections
including US Airways and King & Spalding, LLP, in public collections
including Brenau University, and in the permanent collections
of the Harn Museum of Art, the Morris Museum of Art, Ogden Museum
of Southern Art, and the Telfair Museum of Art.
Born 1950 in Portsmouth, Virginia. Dennis Campay divides his time
between Atlanta and the historic district of San Marco in Jacksonville.
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Dennis Campay
The Loss of White, 2007
Mixed media on canvas on wood
60 x 96 inches
06041 |
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Dennis Campay
Where Have All The Heros Gone, 2007
Mixed Media
48 x 48 inches
06570 |
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Dennis Campay
The Weight of Water, 2007
Charcoal on paper
35 x 48 inches
06575 |
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Dennis Campay
Her Lateness, 2007
Mixed media on panel
40 x 30 inches
05656 |
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Dennis Campay
Northern Exposure, 2007
Charcoal on paper
35 x 47 inches
06574 |
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Dennis Campay
Low Hangs the Moon, 2007
Mixed media on paper
30 x 22 inches
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06481 |
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Dennis Campay
Subway Blues, 2008
Mixed media on board
36 x 60 inches
07188
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Dennis Campay
Clear Blue Water, 2007
Mixed media on paper
47 x 35 inches
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06122 |
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Dennis Campay
Requiem, 2006
Mixed media on board
48 x 36 inches
07178 |
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Dennis Campay
Kanadian of the North, 2007
Mixed media on paper
30 x 22 inches
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06484 |
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Dennis Campay
Blue Line, 2007
Mixed media on canvas mounted on wood
60 x 36 inches
06120 |
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Dennis Campay
The Note Keeper, 2007
Mixed media on paper
47 x 35 inches
06123 |
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