EARLIER WORKS | Daniel Anderson Art

DANIEL ANDERSON

EARLIER WORKS

Flight: Energy, Force, Feeling.
oil; [48” x 60”]
2003
[Private Collection, USA/Europe]

Fragmentation of a bird upon its release of energy into [‘weightless’] flight. Flapping wings disintegrate and flail their smaller forms while the aerodynamics of the wind conform to the moving head [dissipating energy into the softness of the sky above]. The color scheme goes from cool to warm to depict the expended energy as the bird fragments into thin air. Softened values give the piece an 'airy'

feel portraying lifting off into flight. The artist intends to further explore a “Flight” series in the near future. (This would become the precursor to the NIKE [Winged Victory] SERIES, executed 2010-2011.)

‘The Dive’.
24” x 30”
Oil on canvas
2002

The sweeping glide, rise and descent of a pelican diving into the water for a fish. Aside from the artist's immense affinity for flight, he has many years of childhood memories observing pelicans flying and diving right next to him in the water. In the work, the aerodynamic movements along with the physical movements of the pelican meet in dramatic fashion at the water's edge; the fish's elusive movements beneath the surface have their own complexity and energy that interact both with that of the imposing pelican and the natural resistance of the water [movements].

OCEAN SERIES: ‘Crash’
oil on canvas; [30" x 40”]
2000
[Private Collection, USA]

This series is inspired by something the artist feels a natural, spiritual connection to: the ocean. This graceful, beautiful and rhythmic natural form is mesmerizing in its beauty, yet intense, dominating and
wreckless in its impact when at a state of unrest.

Nightmare.
oil on canvas;
[16 x 24”]
1999
[Private Collection, USA]

A sweeping dark form gliding into an abstract [sleeping] form; warm tones and earth tones make the motion soothing to the viewer. Depicted is the depths of the imagination - sometimes dark, sometimes uplifting. The fragmented and co-planar bedpost portrays the artists affinity for cubsim and futurism, though this work is rendered in what can be seen as a very surrealistic, liquid/fluid style. The artist has made note of his fascination with surrealism and its breakdown of form, composition and redefining attributes that "change the way you see things."

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