Statement
<span class="text"><font color="#ffffff" class="text"> <p> </p> <p><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "> </span></p> <p> <span style="font-size: medium; ">This website provides a place where you can view my work both past and present. Although the subject matter and style may vary, my work represents a search for a synthesis between illusion and abstraction with the balance weighted favor of illusionary realism.</span></p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "> </span></p> <p><span style="font-size: medium; "> I am attracted to subjects whose beauty resides in the truth of their reality rather than their exoticism. I believe that beauty derives from how something is portrayed, not from what is portrayed. The subject that engages me most fully is the human figure. The challenge of creating an image that embodies the reality and personality of the sitter is endlessly fascinating.</span></p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "> </span></p> <p><span style="font-size: medium; "> Most of the work on this site is available for purchase. Prices are available upon request, but in general, prices for portraits and landscapes of a moderate size start at $1000 depending on media used and complexity. I accept commissions of various kinds. Inquiries are welcome. I hope you find this site rewarding. Please feel free to ask questions or make comments using my email: <a href="mailto:danavanhorn@verizon.net?subject=website%20messages"><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 153); ">danavanhorn@verizon.net</span></a></span></p> <p> </p> <p>(On Dec. 24, 2008 The Morning Call ran an article about Dana's most recent painting restoration project of a Nativity triptych for the Zion's Evangelical Luthern Church)</p> <p><span style="font-size: medium; "><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "> </span></span></p></font></span><br>
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