“The works of Doug Hatch speak to me”.
Jake Stockinger,
Art Critic, Capital Times. 2003.
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“Hatch’s gut reaction to the everyday world is likely to be the viewers’ as well.” James Auer, Journal Sentinel, Art Critic. 2004. |
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“Doug Hatch’s paintings are vibrant, fresh and powerful. Taken from his observations of contemporary American life and forged into his own unique style”. Peter Bartlow, Director, Bartlow Gallery, Chicago. 1992. |
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“To look at the paintings of Doug Hatch is to confront a distilled form of reality – but one that, for all its exact details, intense color and heightened ordinariness, leaves you with a sense of mystery in everyday life – His art leaves you in wondering.” Jake Stockinger, 2003. |
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“Hatch is particularly adept at stripping nocturnal scenes of a human presence – yet at the same time finding an eerie undercurrent in even the most banal subject matter.” James Auer, 2004. |
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“Most of our senses get dulled by the bombardment of things we see everyday, but Doug sees things freshly.” Peter Bartlow, 2004. |
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“Drawbridge’ is a stunning exercise in all-over sharpness and voluptuously implied depth.” James Auer, 2004. |
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“An ironic, critical and humoristic point of view shows through in Hatch’s work and helps set him apart from other artists.” Peter Bartlow, 2003. |
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"Works on Paper" |
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“Differences of light and shadow, color and mood, line and angle – all contribute to the near melodramatic intensity of Hatch’s naturalistic oils, conte-carbon drawings, and full color woodcuts.” James Auer, 2004. |