James Dormer

The essence of James Dormer's creative work is found in nature, though it is not an attempt to portray the local landscape. Rather, his work becomes more an abstraction of his experiences; much of it is arrived at through memory, automatism and the subconscious. The imagery also reflects his interpretation of literature written by Wallace Stevens, Marianne Moore, William Carlos Williams, Robert Frost, Jean Dubuffet, and Friedrich Nietzsche. James Dormer is a Professor of Art at Colorado State University where he heads the printmaking program and has taught for the past thirty-nine years. His prints and drawings have been shown in numerous national and international exhibitions, including shows at the Denver Art Museum and The Smithsonian Institution, Washington D.C. His work is in a number of public and private collections in the U.S. and Europe.