Remembers Daniel Ng Daniel grew up in Honolulu, Hawaii. He started his art training as a fine art student at the University of Hawaii. Upon moving to California in 1989, he attended Cypress College in preparation for entry to Art Center College of Design in Pasadena; there he further extended his art training. Daniel painted with imagination but not from imagination. Each landscape painting is inspired from an actual place. He created composition in a simplified form with designs of shapes and patterns found in the nature world. You could speculate his designs are influenced by Fauvism. Daniel was definitely a colorist. With a dry-brush technique, he applied acrylic paints in layers to develop bold vivid colors to bring out eye-catching contrast in his designs. It was his own whimsical interpretation of each individual scene that set his paintings apart from typical landscape painting. Last year, Daniel was our featured artist for ArtWalk. He spent the evening casually chatting with our ArtWalk guests--thoroughly enjoying every moment of the party and utterly amazed by our special little community in Idaho where his art is so greatly appreciated and supported. He said Moscow felt like a second and he was eager to return for this year's event. On May 8, our gallery experienced one of our greatest personal losses. Our dear friend and primary acrylic artist, Daniel, passed away unexpectedly while attending an art show in Dallas, Texas. Daniel was a rising star with collectors throughout the country. He was the featured artist for dozens of art shows including Castle Rock, Colorado; Salem, Oregon; and Dallas, Texas. Despite Daniel’s talent and increasing stature within the art world, he remained fiercely loyal to our gallery and refused to sell his work through other galleries. We will continue to work as Daniel’s exclusive agents on behalf of his wife, Sandra. We recently returned from visiting Sandra in Daniel's studio in Portland, Oregon. We are eternally grateful for the vibrant canvases Daniel left behind to enrich our world. His work continues to surprise and enamor art collectors from all walks of life. If you are looking for a way to help Sandra, a memorial fund has been set up in Daniel’s honor: https://www.gofundme.co/danielngmemorial | Stasia Burrington I first saw Stasia Burrington’s art when she displayed her BFA thesis exhibit in the Ridenbaugh Hall in 2009. I was so taken with her combination of collaged flowers and beautifully drawn women that I ended up purchasing two pieces from her, and the Director of the gallery bought another one. Her floral ladies make for a memorable display. I am so excited to have her fine art prints available in the store, so that you too can enjoy these incredible works of art. There are five printed images available created from her original charcoal, ink, acrylic and fabric flower collages using archival Ultrachrome ink on acid-free fine art paper. Let me share with you some more information about Stasia: Stasia Burrington (nee Kato) was born in Texas, grew up in Montana and now lives and works in SeaTac, WA with her favorite man and two cats. She attended Seattle's Cornish College of the Arts and graduated from the University of Idaho in 2009. She is a full time artist/illustrator, selling original art and prints online and at art shows, and also illustrating books for both children and adults. She uses traditional media and the practice of figure drawing to explore the idea of outline, and self-definition. Stasia cuts and collages quilt-fabric flowers onto her drawings, mimicking tattoos, and sparse, free-floating environments. The flowers flatten and unify the scenes, blurring the lines between subject and background. Stasia is into found objects, worn art, feminism, humanism, meditation, discipline, silence, and bottomless compassion. To see more of Stasia’s artwork, please visit: Website: www.stasiaburrington.com Facebook: www.facebook.com/stasiaburrington Shop: www.stasiab.etsy.com Save 10% off Stasia B. prints the month of June using code in store: STASIA10% |
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