About this episode
Daniel Gibson discusses his oil paintings of desert landscapes and the emotional and artistic processes behind them.
Daniel Gibson makes oil paintings that depict desert landscapes full of flowers and butterflies, plant life, and big open skies. Some works also include figures hiding within the flora or in shamanic poses. Danny talks about deserts and horizon lines, little brother drawing magic, being locked into a painting and chasing the next image, memories and visceral emotional responses in painting, beauty as a Trojan horse, resetting and recovering through drawing, self-awareness and gratitude in the studio, and painting as putting puzzle pieces together.
People in this episode
Guest: Daniel Gibson
Topics covered
- oil painting
- desert landscapes
- emotional responses
- self-awareness
- artistic process
Keywords
- deserts
- horizon lines
- drawing magic
- visceral emotional responses
- beauty as a Trojan horse
- resetting through drawing
- gratitude in the studio
- painting as puzzle pieces
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