Reflections Daniel J. Valadez Oil and Acrylic on Paper

Oil and Acrylic on Paper

With a stirring of emotions translated onto each new work of art

I found a way forward looking through the prints of Enlightenment era naturalists like Ernst Haeckel and John James Audubon

some to be taken a little more seriously

As well as being a sculptor

Reflections Daniel J. Valadez Oil and Acrylic on PaperDetails About Shipping Oil on Panel 9 x 12 in. 2016 15 x 18 in. (framed) My painting has to do with the modern woman and her lost sense of self; her fragmentation from feminine concepts. She is a part of nature, but when looking to the world outside of herself what is reflected back is a convoluted version of femininity. She as a being is complete, beautiful, strong, wild, nurturing, compassionate, and whole it's just a matter of her beginning to see