Douglas Leon Prince is an artist whose main focus is alla prima painting. His interest within painting includes exploring “chronotopes” or how temporal-spatial relationships are expressed. The term, originally used in mathematics, comes from “chronos” meaning “time” and “topos” meaning “space”.
A lifelong artist, Douglas Prince infuses his emblematic works with skill and harmony. As an oil painter, he captures a symphony of nature, wonder, and excitement. Driven by a profound love for his surroundings, and his unique perspective, he aims to ignite in his audience a shared enthusiasm for our world. His vibrant oil paintings burst with life and color, and reverence. His works are windows to a deeper meaning in his subjects. Trees contain relationships between invasive species and beautiful landscapes of medieval villages are a place where queens were imprisoned for a lifetime.
Douglas Prince launched his professional art career in Texas as an illustrator for Austin’s vibrant music scene. In the burgeoning world of digital media, he transitioned into the video game industry, working for Electronic Arts. He excelled in multiple disciplines within game art in his years as an Art Director. His artistic contributions spanned over 30 game titles and VR projects for major studios across North and South America and Europe, including undertaking development work for DARPA. Douglas has also shared his artistic vision through lectures, syllabi, and courses in Texas, Chile, and Germany.
Russian literary theorist Mikhail Bakhtin (1895–1975) used the mathematics term “chronotope” to describe literature. Douglas Prince has borrowed this concept for art. Through his travels, Douglas has realized that creative works are broadly a result of time and place. This inescapable providence influences creators more than is often acknowledged. Bound to this fate, Douglas’s goal is not focused on paths outside of these trappings but to acknowledge and explore them.
Recently established in Wiesbaden; not too far from where his great, great Grandfather, Authur Hutschenreuther was a painter at the turn of the last century, Douglas is delighted to share his art with you.
Alexandra Prince 2024
“I have been an artist as long as I can remember. My mother painted when I was young, so it Instilled within me an interest in art. I worked in commercial art, advertising, and the music industry in Austin Texas before eventually entering the world of digital art and games. I found my place in the games industry and was fortunate as it took me all over the planet. A friend once referred to me as the, “Box Car Willie” of the games industry.”
“I am a wanderer, fascinated with each step of this journey. Come on, Ajax, we are probably late.”
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