signed, titled, and dated 2006 on the reverse and on the upper edge; unframed
30 × 24 × 2 in (76.2 × 61.0 × 5.1 cm)
Auction Estimate:$8,000 - $10,000
Sale date:December 6, 2023
Price Realized
$9,000
(including Buyer's Premium)
Provenance
Galleria Giovanni Bonelli, Milan
Private Collection
Exhibited
“Kim Dorland, Into the Woods”, Contemporaneamente, April-May 2006, Milan
Literature
“Kim Dorland, Into the Woods,” Milan, 2006, unpaginated, reproduced
Contemporary painter Kim Dorland has often drawn on his personal experience of adolescence as subject matter for his work. Having grown up in rural Alberta, many of Dorland’s paintings are filled with partying teenagers, heavy metal references and rowdy confrontations. The bold and aggressive painterly technique of “Snowball #2” amplifies the drama of the scene. Dorland takes gleeful delight in the visual description of movement, painting in the throwing arm and snowball multiple times. The ground appears to curve
and disintegrate at right to dizzying effect. Dorland’s thick impasto strokes are almost sculptural. The fluorescent underpainting peaks through the paint surface, creating a brash contrast of hues. With his consistent material experimentation and idiosyncratic subject matter, Dorland has created an ongoing dialogue with celebrated twentieth century Canadian painting.
