• 1000 Words - Mark Daniels

  • Oct 18 2022
  • Length: 1 hr and 2 mins
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1000 Words - Mark Daniels

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  • 1000 Words is a podcast that paints a picture about the creative process. This is a lens to focus on the unique perspective of a specific artist. Hopefully drawing insight into inspiration as we brush up on how imagination provides a groundwork for artistic exploration. We continue that journey today with Mark Daniels! Mark Daniels grew up in in rural Elida, Ohio and developed a love of creative drawing and art making at a young age by observing the animals or digging in the dirt. Daniels was equally happy inside, busily creating his own fictitious characters, sketching portraits of people, and experimenting with different drawing mediums all through my formative years. It wasn’t until he attended Goshen College as an art major that he received any sort of formal training. Daniels pursued art-making at home after college, completing commissions, getting gigs as a caricaturist, leading art workshops, and attempting to sell his artwork at small art fairs. As he developed his skill as a caricature artist , he still craved to paint on canvas. His art career took a back seat for a time as he and his wife bought a house and started a family. Daniels got a job teaching art at Bethany Christian Schools, where he learned that he was not cut out for classroom teaching!. After 3 years of teaching, he made the decision to become a full-time artist. Daniels completed a series of small, mixed media flower paintings that He really enjoyed and was pleased when this unique way of depicting flowers gained approval from his growing fan base. After the sale of those watercolor paintings, subsequent greeting cards, and running more art workshops, Mark found he needed a space to do the messy work of creating. He found a fantastic studio space in The Irwin Art Center in Goshen, where he currently resides. He credits his wife Krista as his inspiration to paint the birds and flowers that he does. As an Interpretive Naturalist, Krista teaches the public of the importance and uniqueness of native flora and fauna in the Midwest. It is important to her that people understand and care for the natural world around them. This passion has also influenced Mark to celebrate her work and the native, important, and beautiful creation around us through his artwork. Mark loves creating vibrant paintings using his skill as a caricature artist to distill an identifiable subject into exaggerated angular color shapes and lines, leaving a recognizable but impressionistic depiction of said subject. He is passionate about sharing what he has learned about color theory, painting techniques and his methods with others. Daniels' paintings always have a striking sense of rhythm, and fun, disarming compositional elements that make the painting seem to come alive. He has artworks in numerous private art collections throughout the U.S. and has won a number of awards in area art shows. Mark is available to create special requests for anyone that loves his style, but wants a different flower or bird depicted!
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