By
Dara Daniel
Piece description from the artist
Red is a predominant color in this painting, which I titled "Red Energy," and it's quite sensual and elegant.
I mostly used my 4-inch flat brush to create large shapes with shades of red, leaving spaces for the eye to rest, and I didn't add much detail. To complement the reds and to establish a focal point, I added sections of Naples yellow and raw sienna. Then, for a bit of contrast, I chose a dark, violet blue.
"Red Energy" can be displayed horizontally or vertically. I love the vertical option because, even though I didn't plan it, I can see a shaman-like figure with a colorful, elaborate costume and a red, fluffy headdress in the center of the composition. Can you see it too?
The natural world and her love for animals inspire Dara Daniel's Acrylic on canvas, mixed-media paintings. She combines bold colors and shapes and lots of textures to create fun, playful interpretations of horses and other animal spirits.
For all her paintings, she combines all the available elements of design to express rhythms and energy and moods and emotion. Dara explains, "Each painting experience is unique yet, my goal for all my paintings is to capture a degree of nature's passionate spirit, joy, and beauty."
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