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Arts and SciencesBy: Tiffany YatesThis ear, nose and throat doctor wants to treat your eyes. |
You might expect surgeon Richard Lane to be good with his hands. The Fort Myers otolaryngologist with Ear, Nose and Throat Specialists of Florida has been doing delicate procedures since he began his practice 26 years ago.
In his off hours, the 58-year-old physician goes mano a mano in a different role: as an artist who works with paint, metal and wood. Several of his latest abstract oil paintings are currently hanging for sale in the Sim Gallery of Fine Arts in Cape Coral.
Lane was drawn to art from a young age, with a family of avocational artistes and an uncle who was a professional oil painter. Although medicine claimed his primary interest once he was in college, Lane continued his artistic pursuits in his downtime. "That was an outlet while I was grinding for premed."
Lane, who’s never taken a formal art class, finds his own way of working, seeing an art form he’d like to try or getting an idea, and then figuring out through trial and error how to create the effect he wants. Sometimes he picks it up quickly—as with his impressionistic oil paintings, in which he uses colors and effects inspired by the old masters.
Metalworking came with a steeper learning curve, which frustrated him at first. Nevertheless, he views his work in his home studio as an outlet. "In medicine, you really are not encouraged to be creative," Lane says.
While the Sim Gallery displays his paintings—an achievement that is "almost like a dream"—the doctor is working on metal wind sculptures and experimenting with mixed-media canvases.
"If I don’t have some project I’m thinking about, I’m at a loss," he says. "I feel like I’m missing something."
In his off hours, the 58-year-old physician goes mano a mano in a different role: as an artist who works with paint, metal and wood. Several of his latest abstract oil paintings are currently hanging for sale in the Sim Gallery of Fine Arts in Cape Coral.
Lane was drawn to art from a young age, with a family of avocational artistes and an uncle who was a professional oil painter. Although medicine claimed his primary interest once he was in college, Lane continued his artistic pursuits in his downtime. "That was an outlet while I was grinding for premed."
Lane, who’s never taken a formal art class, finds his own way of working, seeing an art form he’d like to try or getting an idea, and then figuring out through trial and error how to create the effect he wants. Sometimes he picks it up quickly—as with his impressionistic oil paintings, in which he uses colors and effects inspired by the old masters.
Metalworking came with a steeper learning curve, which frustrated him at first. Nevertheless, he views his work in his home studio as an outlet. "In medicine, you really are not encouraged to be creative," Lane says.
While the Sim Gallery displays his paintings—an achievement that is "almost like a dream"—the doctor is working on metal wind sculptures and experimenting with mixed-media canvases.
"If I don’t have some project I’m thinking about, I’m at a loss," he says. "I feel like I’m missing something."
