"Le Petit Lapin de Trevor " ::: 24 " x 22" ::: August 2010

1800 Tequila just released this video of all of the bottles of the winners of the design contest. Check it out! Mine is 2nd in the video.

Where you can see my art now!!

Now thru October - "i heart danyol " - pariSoma Innovative Lofts- Come check out my new SOLO show at the fabulous pariSoma work space. Opening reception July 15th from 6-9pm. I will also be adding a fabulous mural in their foyer! Check here for more details to come soon!

Now thru September - "We Meet Again" - Chow- This show will be up until the end of Sept. The pieces are going fast so stop by and check out the art and eat some great food!

Now thru October- "danyol Likes This " - Moby Dick - This show features portraits of hot guys that I met exclusively thru Facebook. Each image was taken from a profile picture on their page. This show runs thru the end of Sept so stop by and grab a drink and check out my new series!

Now thru - "Plays With Dolls " - Supperclub - I am really excited to be installing a show at this fabulous space. The theme of the show is '5 year old's birthday' and will feature all new pieces celebrating the naivete of youth and all things childlike. Opening reception is on Sept 15th from 6pm - 8pm. All of my guests will be able to stay for the dinner show for free. If you want to make dinner reservations, tell them you are with me andyou will get $20 off your dinner tab. Adonisaurus will play a show at 7pm.

ARTIST STATEMENT :::

San Francisco artist danyol was born in 1970 in Orange County, California just a stone’s throw away from Disneyland. Growing up he nourished himself on a steady diet of pop art, cubism, and sarcasm. danyol’s use of his own life and surroundings combine to form a dizzying combination of colors, patterns, and textures. These are then masked out by definitive figures and shapes, somehow bringing some definition to his chaos. While bright and smile inducing on initial viewing, look closely at the found objects collaged in the background; they leave hints as to the deeper meaning of the painting. Look at it from one angle and it is seemingly straight forward, but look from another angle in different lighting, and the painting becomes much more.

 While using equal parts nostalgia and current events together, danyol’s pop-influenced mixed media paintings explore the liminal spaces between surface and emotion; gender role, responsibility and reality; along with other inconsistencies in our fragile social fabric.

 “I want to bring part of my everyday life into my art and show people that there is beauty in the mundane, harmony in the abstract and power in the inspiration.”

 “It’s like Warhol having dinner with Tex Avery with light carnival music playing in the background.” homeless person outside my show.

 

Here is a video of me painting two pieces start to finish. 2007