Landscape by Don Hill
Don Hill has 13 paintings on display at Reflections Art Gallery on Lee Highway.
"My paintings are about feeling - when I start a painting either in studio or plein air I I want the viewer to feel the moment that is on the canvas. Every painting that I finish I’m amazed that this painting evolved from within with a combination of impressionism and realism and mood."
Mr. Hill grew up in Sweetwater and as a boy he would copy paintings on the cover of outdoor life. After high school he attended Harris School of Art and studied painting and drawing for two years. After two years in the Marine Corp and a tour in Vietnam he attended Art Institute of Pittsburgh and majored in fine art painting and design.
He started his art career in Nashville with studio six as an illustrator and designer. He moved to Chattanooga with his family in 1974 and started an art studio named Nova Graphic and taught art classes at Chattanooga State.
In 1978 he went to work with McKee Foods as a package designer and worked there for 34 years and retired in 2012. After his wife passed away that year he picked up his paints and started working on his first love of art - landscape painting.
"I want the viewer that sees my paintings to feel that place and see themselves there and feel the mood of that moment," said Mr. Hill.
Landscape by Don Hill