Douglas Fryer

Douglas Fryer was born in Salt Lake City, UT, and was raised in Illinois and California. In 1988 he received a BFA in Illustration from Brigham Young University in Provo, UT, and later returned to BYU for further study toward an MFA in Painting and Drawing, which he completed in 1995. Fryer has taught fine art and illustration at several universities and art schools, including BYU, The University of Hartford in Hartford Connecticut, and at The Fashion Institute of Technology in New York City.

He attempts to recreate in his works the way in which we perceive a landscape through quick glances, close observations, or emotional attachments. The resulting imagery is “out of focus, interpenetrating, merging and melting away.”