I had breakfast this morning with my friends Zack and Samara. We were talking about my new studio at the Rivoli Art Mill here in Chattanooga, TN. The conversation rolled around to Cello players, Gauguin’s Cellist in particular. I mentioned that I’d never painted a cello, but I have. That’s tomorrow’s post. Today is for Sara and her violin. I used Prismacolor Nupastel on Stonehenge paper for this particular piece.
Blue Violin
Written by Daniel
Daniel Gill studied art with Joe Helseth and Bill Ransom in Chattanooga, Tennessee. He began his career as an art director in 1983 and has been an award winning graphic designer-illustrator for more than 20 years. Daniel has taught illustration at the Portfolio Center in Atlanta, Georgia and at The Pacific Northwest College of Art in Portland, Oregon. He was one of the founding members of the Illustrators’ Jam which later became Raw Visceralia, an art experience at PNCA. Pastels were Daniel’s first love. Counting Gary Kelley, Edward Degas and Toulouse Lautrec among his influences. He discovered oils in 2006 and is currently working on the series, Connective Tissue. Daniel lives in Portland, Oregon.
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