Thane Gorek

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Thane Gorek lives and works in Loveland, Colorado. He studied at the prestigious School of Visual Arts in New York, graduating with a Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree in 1995. He has painted professionally ever since.

Gorek’s painting career beautifully fuses his studies in illustration into his fine works in oils and gouache. In recent years, the majority of his subject matter has been landscape painting. Gorek enjoys capturing the majesty found in the natural world. His main focus has been on creating colorful stylized images inspired by the beauty of the American West.

Gorek says, “Having grown up in beautiful Colorado, I have always been inspired by the wonder and mystery of natural places. Using vivid colors and stylized forms, I seek to capture the transcendental beauty of such landscapes. To achieve this sense of the sublime, I make certain my paintings are uninhabited. Completely devoid of human presence, they become contemplative depictions of stillness and solitude, a welcome antidote to our media-saturated world. Beyond merely rendering geographical features, it is essential for me to capture the metaphysical dimension of each landscape. A symbolic work emerges which initiates a subjective emotional response in the viewer.”

During childhood Gorek often found himself drawing castles and dragons. He would strive to include every tiny detail he could into each drawing, from every scale of the dragon to every stone in the castle. This attention to detail is evident in every painting he creates today. Each painting is meticulously created, with a great deal of time put into every piece. Gorek has flexibility in style. He has paintings hanging around the world ranging from precise realism to impressionism to pointillism. Each distinctive genre is well within his range. Gorek has long been drawn to the solitude he finds while painting. He communicates this feeling in his work, ultimately leaving his viewers with a strong sense of tranquility and wonder.