Hello, I'm Malcolm Doran.

Born in 1935 in Croton on the Hudson​,​ New York​,​ I attended Parsons School of Design in New York City on a scholarship​,​ Kent State University in Ohio and the Art Students League in New York City where I studied with Theodore Stamos. I lived and painted in New York City through the 60s then relocated to Los Angeles in 1971. Now I reside in the desert. I have been painting since my 6th grade teacher gave me a set of paints. I continue to paint daily. I let the colors and vast open space of the desert with surrounding mountain ranges lend me freedom of expression​,​ and communication in my work. Painting the figure has always been paramount with me but how I went about it has changed over the years. Early on DeKooning's action painting influence me​,​ and later the childlike freshness of Picasso's drawings helped me to render the figure the way I want to portray it. In reality there have been many artists that have helped my art to evolve. The Dutch painters Rembrandt and Van Gogh taught me a lot about portrait painting. From the French painters Cezanne and Bonnard I learned about structure and color. Now I'm using all of these to convey my message in the pictures I paint. I'm a firm believer in having fun. Conversely​,​ if it isn't fun​,​ don't do it. That's the way I view my art. I may have something I want to say​,​ but I insist on having fun while saying it.