Daniel Dayley

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Watercolor continues to inspire me with its fluid, luminous qualities. I also find the medium’s unpredictable nature to be delightfully challenging. My work has been greatly influenced by the artists I admire most, namely Claude Monet, John Singer Sargent, Winslow Homer and Edward Hopper. My art has also been strongly influenced by Eastern philosophy.

I am excited by all kinds of landscapes, including pastoral country settings, urban scenes, coastal scenes, as well as gardens. I am especially inspired currently by the dramatic mountain vistas of Colorado and the Western States region.

The attempt to balance detailed, crisp areas with fluid spontaneity presents endless intrigue and challenge. The general goal with any of my paintings is to provide the viewer with a sense of genuine appreciation and wonder – a momentary pause from the fast paced lifestyle of our times. I strive to “lead” the viewer into a painting, to have them feel like they can “taste” the experience of being in the scene.

Growing up out West, I learned a great deal about panorama and distance, which influences how I handle space, depth and perspective. Also, the interplay of light and phenomena continually fascinates me. I always try to convey these qualities with the pigment on paper.

I generally photograph or sketch a visually stimulating scene with various compositions in mind. The finished drawing is rendered on Arches 300 lb. watercolor paper. I consider this drawing to be quite important to the outcome of the work in order to provide a guideline for proper shapes, proportions, as well as interesting composition and layout on the paper. A series of washes, masking, dry brushing, occasional lifting, and detailing are executed to take the work to completion. Each work is a real process requiring a blend of conceptual intention, intuitive activity with brush, water & pigment, a lot of patience, and a lack of hesitation employed in order to render passages during the windows of timing opportunities offered by the wetness on the page. The sequence of events is crucial, typically progressing from top to bottom of the image, from background to foreground, and from light to dark. Winsor & Newton watercolors are used exclusively for high quality, rich color and permanence.

I began working in watercolor in 1973, and have been attracted to the medium’s luminosity and depth of color ever since. I studied art for several years at the University of Utah and in 1981 I pursued watercolor studies in the Bay Area, where I delighted in painting the wealth of regional scenery. A number of my earlier works are in private collections in northern California. In 1988 I continued my watercolor studies at the Art Students’ league in New York City with Frederick Wong.

Over the years, my work has been featured in many juried and group shows, including exhibitions at the Salmagundi Club, New York City; OK South Gallery, Miami, Florida; Artspace Gallery, New Haven, Connecticut; Swanson Fine Art Gallery, San Francisco, California; and Merritt Gallery, Oakland, California.

My work has also been displayed in private and corporate collections, including Cresthill Industries, New York City; Prudent Publishing, Ridgefield, New Jersey; and the Peter J. Romano Architectural Firm, Bronxville, New York.

From 1992-1998 I worked out of my studio in Valley Cottage, New York where I was a member of the Edward Hopper House in Nyack, New York and the Rockland Center for the Arts in West Nyack, New York. My paintings have been represented by Volkman/Berdow Associates, New York City; Elite Fine Art, Hercules, California, Swanson Fine Art in San Francisco, CA, and Solomon/Lippman in New Rochelle, New York.

My work has been published by Directional Publishing in Birmingham, Alabama and Art Resources International in Brewster, NY, who sold more than 100,000 of my fine art prints world-wide.

In July ’98 my family and I moved back to the Rocky Mountain region where I grew up. I work out of my studio in Boulder, Colorado. My love of mountain scenery has been rekindled and is being expressed with new works of mountain scenes, as well as other scenery of the Western region of America.


Fine Art Exhibits:

Smith-Klein Gallery, Boulder, CO
Swanson Fine Art Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Art Effects Gallery, Pelham, NY
Hopper House Annual Members Art Exhibit, Nyack, NY
Wickford Art Festival, Wickford, RI
Garrison Art Center’s Annual Art Fair, Garrison, NY
White Plains Outdoor Art Festival, White Plains, NY
Thirteenth Annual Salmagundi Art Exhibition, New York, NY
Nancy Graves Chooses: Works on Paper, Artspace Gallery, New Haven, CT
Claude Gallery, Eastchester, NY
Village art Gallery, Bronxville, NY
OK South Gallery, Miami, FL
Multiple Impressions, Ltd. Gallery, New York, NY





Golf Images and Golf Course Renderings:

New York Country Club, Course Renderings, New Hempstead, NY, Steven Kay Architect
Self Published Limited Edition Prints of Augusta National, Holes 12 & 13
Originals & Reproductions of Fine Art Golf Images Exhibited & Sold – Works are in numerous collections throughout U.S.



Collections:

MBNA America Bank, Newark, DE
North American Reinsurance Co., New York, NY
Prudent Publishing, Ridgefield, NJ
Peter J. Romano Architectural Firm, Bronxville, NY
Cresthill Industries, New York, NY



Fine Art Publishers:*

Art Resources International, Ltd., Brewster, NY
Directional Publishing, Birmingham, AL



Galleries and Representatives:*

Elite Fine Art, Hercules CA / Swanson Fine Art, San Francisco, CA
Kevin Harkins Group, Ltd., New York, NY
Volkman/Berdow Associates, New York, NY
OK South Gallery, Miami, FL


Education:

University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT,1970 - 1977
Dharma Art Seminars: NY, NY 1988; San Francisco, CA, 1981; Los Angeles, CA, 1980
Art Students League. New York, NY, 1988



* 1989 - 2002