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Dan Goorevitch

Original paintings, drawings, photographs, and poetry. All works are Copyright © Dan Goorevitch (@ Daniel Goorevitch) and may not be used without the artist's written consent. Contact the artist at dgoorevitch@gmail.com

Sunday, December 25, 2022

2022-12-25

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Saturday, December 17, 2022

2022-12-17

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Friday, November 18, 2022

Kung Fau-Xi

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Wednesday, November 9, 2022

Cry, 2022

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Chocolate Pudding 2022

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Friday, September 23, 2022

2022-09-22

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Wednesday, September 14, 2022

Agony in the Garden (2022)

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Sunday, September 11, 2022

Coronation Park (2022)

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The Park (where we nearly met), 2022

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UPC Hagiography, 2022

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Tuesday, August 9, 2022

City Hum 2022

● Private Collection, Edmonton

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Monk

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Monday, August 8, 2022

Downpour 2022

● Private Collection, Edmonton

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Monday, August 1, 2022

Laughing Man Screen

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57 Channels

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Unscreen 2

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Unscreen 1

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Monument

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Memoriam Screen

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Friday, July 22, 2022

The Zoo

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Friday, July 15, 2022

The Twin

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Friday, June 3, 2022

Ruth's Bather (simplified)

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Saturday, May 28, 2022

Where I Came In

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Wednesday, May 25, 2022

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Sunday, May 22, 2022

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Thursday, May 19, 2022

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Friday, May 13, 2022

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Tuesday, May 3, 2022

Ruth's Bather, 2022

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Thursday, April 28, 2022

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Tuesday, April 19, 2022

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Wednesday, March 30, 2022

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Tess, detail (2022)

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Tuesday, January 4, 2022

© 2022 Dan Goorevitch

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© 2022 Dan Goorevitch

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Saturday, January 1, 2022

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Artist's Statement

I can't get my head around what I do to give it a form, to explain it, because I do what I do to get around my mind to give it a form.

Jewelry

Quadruple spiral

Mom, Dad, my twin brother and me, 1951

I decided to become an artist at the age of six. Dad took us down to the bank of the North Saskatchewan River and he skipped stones nearly all the way across it. He pointed out animal tracks in the sand and I tried to imitate them by writing my name with a stick on the wet bank.

I wondered if we came back next Sunday, would my name still be there? Looking down the level sand, my heart sank. As it is human nature to look up when feeling down, so I did. What I saw made my heart leap for joy. Some crazy bugger climbed 30 feet up and painted a yellow and red X on the bridge’s buttress. “That will last,” I said.

I forgot about that though, since my father died the next year and my mother became ill. My mentor, Ron Stonier, used to say that an artist was made by an idyllic childhood suddenly cut short, forcing the he child to withdraw, there to create a vision of a better world which, when he discovers his medium, he brings out into the world.

And so it was. On a perfect summer day I remember thinking “there must be more to life than perfection” and stumbled into the dark basement where my hand, magically it seemed, magnetically attracted paint to it, a piece of paper, a jar for water and, moving the muddy paint around (it was black and white) I suddenly saw an image of Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden. That, I knew, was my door to bring everything inside me out into the world.

I have been painting ever since: more than 50 years.

Another Artist's Statement

Revelation, not illustration, is the purpose of painting.
And Another... Art is the substance made when mind is matter and matter is mind and you can't tell the difference.

Original Art

All the works on this site are original unique creations of the artist Dan Goorevitch.

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All artworks are guaranteed for life. Simply return them in perfect condition and receive a credit toward your next purchase. I pay shipping one way for the artwork(s) you keep. You must pay shipping for those you don't. I charge a small restocking fee of 10% for this service. Sorry, no damaged work can be accepted and I am unable at this time to offer cash refunds.

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