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NEWS
March 2010
The Jazz Collection Joins Innovative Art Publisher For Reproductions
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Darryl Daniels is joining forces with the innovative art publishing house, FineArtAmerica.com to release past, present and future works in print and canvas reproductions. The selection includes one of his latest works, 4th Street Bridge Quartet (shown above). Darryl says of the alliance, "I am extrememly enthused about the opportunity to work with FineArtAmerica, as it is one of the companies that has been at the forefront of utilizing the internet and on-demand printing technologies to advance the way art is marketed today. I am very much looking forward to all that we can do together."
Twenty Years of The Jazz Collection
It was twenty years ago this year that Traffic Jam, the very first of the Jazz Collection pieces was painted. Looking back on the beginnings of the series, Darryl says, "I had great hopes for it, but I had no idea that it would catch on with people as it did. There were a few fits and starts with developing a look initially and there's still a bit of evolution going on, so I'm still as excited about working on the series as I was in 1990. God, has it reallly been that long? Seems like it was yesterday!"
The Jazz Collection is Social
The Jazz Collection is on Facebook and Twitter for those who follow those sites. See you there - and here for more info!
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ARTIST
Darryl Daniels was born in Selma, Alabama in 1963 and lived equal parts of his upbringing in the Bronx borough of New York City and Alabama.
He was drawing from as early an age as he could remember on just about anything he could find. When he was seven years old, Darryl saw a print by the artist Norman Rockwell in one of his grandmother's S&H Green Stamp catalogs. "I couldn't believe that someone could draw people that well and decided to become as good at this as I could."
When he was 14, Darryl became a student with the Art Instruction Schools, famous for their "Draw Blinky" ads, taking the course of study in which students would correspond with and have their work graded and critiqued by professional artists. He credits the course with helping him to hone drawing skills.
In high school, Darryl became much more interested in painting and later studied graphic and fine art at small college in West Virginia, where he was introduced to many different forms of art and was inspired by seeing the work of Salvador Dali. "Up until that time, I was thinking that art was just about drawing and bowls of fruit and nudes. I was really enthused to see that art could go to so many other places."
While working as a graphic designer, Darryl was also searching to find his identity as an artist. His answer would come in the form of a growing admiration for jazz musicians. The result was a series of paintings in 1990, later known as The Darryl Daniels Jazz Collection.
Some twenty years later, works from and inspired by this series have appeared in television, commercial and film, including the 1990's Bill Cosby series Cosby Mysteries and the motion picture Justice, on a half dozen CD covers, including Chick Corea's Live In Montreux, several books on the history of jazz, a series of ties and scarves for Absolut Vodka, promotional material and billboards for events like the Syracuse Jazz Festival, cellphone covers and numerous poster and prints by several art publishing houses.
His original paintings are regularly in demand and are a part many collections around the world.
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Purchase
Posters, prints and canvas reproductions of works from The Darryl Daniels Jazz Collection are available through FineArtAmerica.com.
We often make original works available for sale to Darryl Daniels art collectors. Prices for original paintings currently range from $2,000 to $,6,000. All works are shipped framed and there is no additional charge for shipping. We do not ship original works outside U.S. and Canada at this time.
If you'd like to inquire about the availability of a painting or receive mailings on works placed for sale, please use the Contact form to make such requests or inquiries.
© Darryl Daniels. All of the images on this site are the property of Darryl Daniels and are NOT for use for any purpose without the consent of artist.
