Uriél Danā

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Professional Fine Artist. Contributing Editor and writer on art & culture. Former Arts Ambassador for the State Dept. Five-decade+ practitioner of Tibetan Dream Yoga. Air Force Veteran & graduate of the 2016 Veterans Writing Project, Writers Guild LA, CA.

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Italian painter #AgostinoArrivabene (b.1967) lives and works in seclusion in a seventeenth-century iron-gated house outside Milan. His paintings fall somewhere between romance and terror.#oilpainting

Spanish painter #MansillaCarmen (b.1962) trained with #DinoValls, #ArantzazuMartínez & #MaestroGolucho as well as the #FlorenceAcademyofArt #CarmenMansilla.#painting #contemporaryart #artist #urieldana

#OlegRadvan was born in Russia in 1955 and, at age 48, started to paint. Never receiving a formal education, he became "a self-made man".

#ChrisMadden (b.1952) is a cartoonist & illustrator from Manchester, UK. For years he was the resident cartoonist for the BBC Science Magazines Focus and Knowledge. In the 1980s and 1990s, he contributed regularly to the Guardian. He completely gets the insanity of the art world!

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Gage Taylor, California Visionary Artistwww.urieldana.com I apprenticed as a painter with Gage Taylor for 4 years and we collaborated professionally on canvas for many years under the signature Taylor Dana. He exhibited nationally in the Smithsonian, The Whi...

Italian Surrealist #RoccoForgione (b.1955)trained under the guidance of illustrious personalities of painting.He is an honorary art professor at the #SchoolofArtHistory "G. Morandi ”of Fidenza (PR). He's a member of #AccademiaAlbertina & the #LegiondOro, both in Rome. #surrealism #urieldana

Polish (Warsaw) illustrator #PawelJonca (b.1968) has done work for several periodicals, such as Przekrój, Wprost & Newsweek. He has illustrated many books, including the Polish editions of Chuck Palahniuk's books. Sadly, he's gone digital & I focus on atelier-trained narrative artists.

Spanish Masonic painter #FranciscoValentin learned to paint from an art restorer named #JoseVazquez at age 16. He met #ManuelMonedero from the BaldomeroRomeroRessendiSchool who introduced him to Ressendi's work, a way of painting he was looking for. He lives in Seville and works in oils.

Deva©2020 by San Francisco Bay Area artist #UrielDana (Yours Truly). Oil on board. #RudolphSchafferSchoolofDesign, San Francisco & #CollegeofMarin (Sculpture/Museum Mgmt), Kentfield. Apprenticed four years with the late #GageTaylor (d.2000)(Marin County). #womenartists #contemporaryart #climate

California-born but New York-based artist #KehindeWiley (b.1977) earned his BA from #SanFranciscoArtInstitute and his MFA from the #YaleUniverrsitySchoolofArt. He achieved international fame after he was commissioned to paint Pres—Barack Obama's portrait for the Smithsonian.

#LauraSanders was born in Detroit, Michigan, where she still lives. She received her Bachelor's degree in Fine Arts at #ColumbusCollegeofArtandDesign in Columbus, Ohio. #womenartists #hyperrealism

Kenyan-born Artist/designer #EvansMbugua (b.1979) currently lives and works in Paris.After earning his BA, he continued his studies in France; a surprising destination for a student from an English-speaking African country#UniversityofToulousee # lÉcoleSupérieuredArtdes Pyrénées

North Carolina artist #KentWilliams (b.1962) studied at the #Pratt Institute. He's well known as a graphic novel artist for DC Comics' Hellblazer, Marvel Comics' Epic Illustrated, and the graphic novel adaptation of The Fountain by filmmaker #DarrenAronofsky.

Painter #StephanieRew (b.1971) was raised in Edinburgh, Scotland leaving to study at #DuncanofJordanstoneCollegeofArt. She now lives in Brighton. I love the brilliant jewel tones in her oil paintings. This is a pastel drawing mixed with 22ct rose gold leaf.

Chicago artist @GailPotocki (b.1961). Powerful painting on the destruction of the environment. It's called Plastic Vortex. My husband introduced me to her work through a book called, The Union of Hope and Sadness by Thomas Megovan years ago. She's a remarkable person & worth meeting at an exhibit.

Scottish painter #OwenClaxton is an MFA graduate of #EdinburghCollegeofArt & was a joint winner of the #AndrewGrantBequestPrizeforPainting (97). He works as a book illustrator & has painted covers for #NewYorkTimes, Award-winning author #GPTaylor & ‘Archers’ actor #TimBentinck.

Texas-born #GayleGibbonsMadeira (b.1969) is a contemporary artist who is based in Queens, New York City. She earned a BFA in dance from a #SUNYPurchase when she moved to NYC, Gayle made her living dancing, choreographing, teaching, & later doing illustration & graphic design

Connecticut painter #HollisDunlap (b.1977) graduated from #StJohnsburyAcademy and completed his BFA from #LymeAcademyCollegeofFineArts. This oil painting is called, "Spell Caster".

Leo Plaw, born in Australia, and based in Berlin was in the music business in Australia and now paints full-time. He is a self-taught painter in oils.

Southern CA artist #ChristinaRamos (b.1961) studied architecture & interior design in college but did not focus on painting until she was home raising her four children. She refined her skills in figurative painting at the Los Angeles Academy of Figurative Art where she teaches painting.

#AdamMiller(b.1979) Apprenticed with artist Allen Jones at 13 & at 16, was accepted to the Florence Academy Of Art. This oil painting was done a few years ago when he brightened his palette. It's called Twilight in Arcadia.

4. Art is everywhere and in many forms. A taste of what I love about San Francisco. Here are some shots of the Fairy Gates Hiking Trail..part of the Mount Sutro Open Space Reserve. The Angel is carved from the dead tree. #fairies #gnomehunters

3.Art is everywhere and in many forms. A taste of what I love about San Francisco. Here are some shots of the Fairy Gates Hiking Trail..part of the Mount Sutro Open Space Reserve. #fairies #gnomehunters

2. Art is everywhere and in many forms. A taste of what I love about San Francisco. Here are some shots of the Fairy Gates Hiking Trail..part of the Mount Sutro Open Space Reserve. #fairies #gnomehunters

Art is everywhere and in many forms. A taste of what I love about San Francisco. Here are some shots of the Fairy Gates Hiking Trail..part of the Mount Sutro Open Space Reserve. #fairies #gnomehunters