my name is clay doran. i live in jacksonville florida. i am 25.
in 2006 i graduated with a BFA in drawing & painting from UNF.
contact me at claydoran [at] gmail . com
Statement:
Although Clay Doran was born in Concord, New Hampshire, he has lived in Northeast Florida nearly his entire life. Growing up surrounded by the slow deterioration of Jacksonville’s urban landscape has played a large role in shaping the style and methods of his art. Watching the once proud buildings slowly peel and crumble around him, he has learned to find inspiration and beauty in the decay. Through the layering of print, paint, paper, powder and other miscellaneous mediums, Clay Doran has attempted to recreate small sections of the deteriorating landscape around him. Some say that the streets of a city can tell the history of the people that travel them. Each piece of Doran’s artwork seems to be an excerpt from the constantly evolving story of the urban landscape.
