Don Kottmann is a Canadian painter living in Calgary, Alberta. Calgary (ˈkælgəriː is the largest city in the Province of Alberta, Canada Alberta (ælˈbɝtə is one of Canada's prairie provinces. It became a province on September 1 1905
Kottmann is a painter who uses light, colour, line, paint, relationships and energy - to orchestrate and structure the two dimensional plane and spatial dimension. Kottmann's paintings incorporate dissonance, improvisation, disparate elements, and complex colour and space relationships into unrecognizable locations.
Kottmann holds a Bachelor in Fine Arts from the University of Kansas and a Masters in Fine Arts from the University of Washington. The University of Kansas (often referred to as KU or just Kansas) is a public research university with campuses located in Lawrence, Kansas City See Washington (disambiguation for other uses The University of Washington, founded in 1861, is a public research University He teaches in the Drawing Department of the Alberta College of Art & Design. The Alberta College of Art and Design ( ACAD) is located in Calgary on the North Hill overlooking the Bow River and the downtown skyline in a His work has been exhibited worldwide as a representative of Canada, and has shown in the United States and Canada extensively.