Dan May is an American painter and printmaker born on March 11, 1955 in San Francisco, CA. Raised in aesthetic surroundings heavily influenced by his architect father, May grew up learning to view all things with an eye for design, color, and shape. At age 5, he remembers his father cutting up a book of drawings by Henri Matisse and hanging them on the walls of their home. The French master Matisse as well as Richard Diebenkorn and David Hockney are his favorite art influences. He began his first attempts at painting at age 15, and later began to experiment with printmaking, teaching himself various techniques such as woodblock printing, etching, silkscreen printing, and monoprinting.

Monoprinting soon became May's medium of choice due to its wide range of expression and spontaneity that he felt other techniques lacked. May - "With monoprinting, you can only work a piece for as a long as the paint stays wet, so the resulting print has a feeling of movement and immediacy. I also like how monoprinting allows the brush strokes to transfer a transparent light quality to the print. For me, this is a technique that bridges drawing, painting, and emotions." The themes of May's prints borrow from his fantasies, memories, and the people and places he has seen in life's checkout lines and waiting rooms. "My work allows me to be a voyeur, to see through the walls into life's secrets, and unveil the hidden stories of everyday life," he says.

Color and design are essential elements in May's work. Exploring and playing with color is a huge source of enjoyment and passion for May. "Working with color combinations, playing color against color to create an electric contrast, never ceases to excite me," he says. May finds working color with design elements and balancing compositions is challenging, frustrating, and supremely rewarding.

Today, Dan May lives and works in Oakland, California. He has shown his paintings and prints in galleries predominantly throughout California and his work is in numerous private and corporate collections throughout the United States and the world.
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Title: "Party Pig"
*Signed LL
Year: 1989
Medium: Original Monoprint
Limited edition: (1/1)
Sheet size: 24.25" x 19.25"
Image size: 20.25" x 16.63"
Price: $850
Title: "Up the Stairs"
*Signed LL
Year: 1998
Medium: Original Screenprint
Limited edition: AP (an artist's proof aside from the standard edition)
Sheet size: 19.13" x 24.13"
Image size: 16.63" x 20.38"
Price: $700
Title: "Bowling Angel"
*Signed LL
Year: 2003
Medium: Original Screenprint
Limited edition: 6/50
Sheet size: 18.88" x 21.88"
Image size: 10.75" x 16"
Price: $500
Title: "Asleep on the Devil's Shoulder"
*Signed LL
Year: 1997
Medium: Original Screenprint
Limited edition: AP (an artist's proof aside from the standard edition)
Sheet size: 17.38" x 22.63"
Image size: 14" x 19"
Price: $650
Title: "At the Beach"
*Signed LL
Year: 1993
Medium: Original Monoprint
Limited edition: (1/1)
Sheet size: 24.25" x 19"
Image size: 12.75" x 12.75"
Price: $650
Title: "Sex Appeal"
*Signed LL
Year: 1991
Medium: Original Monoprint
Limited edition: (1/1)
Sheet size: 21.13" x 19"
Image size: 10.38" x 11.13"
Price: $600
Title: "Home Early II"
*Signed LL
Year: 1990
Medium: Original Monoprint
Limited edition: (1/1)
Sheet size: 25.5" x 20.63"
Image size: 17" x 14.5"
Price: SOLD
Title: "Dog Portrait"
*Signed LL
Year: 2004
Medium: Original Monoprint
Limited edition: (1/1)
Sheet size: 23.63" x 19.13"
Image size: 15" x 12.13"
Price: $700
Title: "Dog Portrait II"
*Signed LL
Year: 1997
Medium: Original Monoprint
Limited edition: (1/1)
Sheet size: 24.13" x 18.88"
Image size: 15" x 12.25"
Price: $700
Title: "The Scream"
*Signed LL
Year: 1992
Medium: Original Monoprint
Limited edition: (1/1)
Sheet size: 20.38" x 16.63"
Image size: 10.88" x 11.63"
Price: $600
Title: "Noble Lady"
*Signed LL
Year: 1992
Medium: Original Screenprint
Limited edition: AP (an artist's proof aside from the standard edition)
Sheet size: 20.88" x 17.13"
Image size: 16.13" x 12.13"
Price: $500
Title: "Energizer Bunny's Birthday"
*Signed LL
Year: 1996
Medium: Original Monoprint
Limited edition: (1/1)
Sheet size: 19.88" x 22.38"
Image size: 10.75" x 15.13"
Price: $700
Title: "Portrait of Elegant Lady"
*Signed LL
Year: 1991
Medium: Original Monoprint
Limited edition: (1/1)
Sheet size: 28" x 22"
Image size: 18.13" x 14.38"
Price: $550
Title: "Devil's Play"
*Signed LL
Year: 1991
Medium: Original Monoprint
Limited edition: (1/1)
Sheet size: 17.25" x 20.88"
Image size: 16" x 20.88"
Price: $850
Title: "Up the Stairs (Blue)"
*Signed LL
Year: 1998
Medium: Original Screenprint
Limited edition: AP (an artist's proof aside from the standard edition)
Sheet size: 19" x 24"
Image size: 16.63" x 20.38"
Price: $700
Title: "Devil Chicken Dinner"
*Signed LL
Circa: 1995
Medium: Original Screenprint
Limited edition: test print (a trial proof aside from the standard edition)
Sheet size: 22.38" x 12.5"
Image size: 18" x 8.25"
Price: $550
Title: "Devil's Club"
*Signed LL
Circa: 1995
Medium: Original Screenprint
Limited edition: test print (a trial proof aside from the standard edition)
Sheet size: 19.13" x 19"
Image size: 15.5" x 16.25"
Price: $450
Title: "Devil Waiter with Martini"
*Signed LL
Circa: 1995
Medium: Original Screenprint
Limited edition: test print (a trial proof aside from the standard edition)
Sheet size: 19.25" x 19"
Image size: 8.13" x 10.13"
Price: $400
Title: "Devil at Cocktail Hour"
*Signed LL
Year: 2003
Medium: Original Monoprint
Limited edition: (1/1)
Sheet size: 23" x 19"
Image size: 12" x 12"
Price: $650
Title: "Portrait of Elegant Lady II"
*Signed LL
Year: 1991
Medium: Original Monoprint
Limited edition: (1/1)
Sheet size: 24.38" x 19"
Image size: 18.13" x 14.38"
Price: $750
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