Glenn Dean was born in 1976 in Torrance, CA. Inspired by early California impressionist painters, he decided to become an artist, himself. Largely self-taught, he is now a respected and much sought-after landscape painter of the West.
Glenn Dean’s childhood interest in art matured into a love of painting landscapes by his early twenties. Exposure to the California and Western landscape painters of the early 1900’s had a great influence on the young artist, and directed the course of his career early on. In the works of such masters as Edgar Payne and Maynard Dixon, Dean saw the “importance of seeing the color of light” while “carefully observing the simple and basic characteristics of a specific location.”
Dean has been featured in notable national magazines, including Southwest Art, Art of the West, and Western Art & Architecture. He has also won a number of awards.
Select Awards:
2016, Eiteljorg Museum, Quest for the West Show, Award of Distinction for the Best Overall Body of Work
2013, Gold Thunderbird Award (Best of Show), Maynard Dixon Country
2007, Kelman-Ortiz Award. Torrey Pines Painting Invitational
2003, Grand Prize and Artist Choice Award, Arizona-Sonoran Desert Museum Painting Invitational
2002, Honorable Mention, San Luis Obispo Painting Festival
2002, Best Miniature Painting Award, San Juan Capistrano Painting festival