The Art of Derek Dohren

Derek Dohren is the Artist and Illustrator magazine's

Landscape Artist of the Year 2009 

( award night photographs here )  

For art to have true meaning we must know from what part of ourselves it comes. The task of the artist then is to understand the source and purpose of his art. Only when this is discovered can the artist truly express himself.

For some gaining this understanding is in itself a lifetime's quest.