Artist Statement, 2020:
When I make art, I cut my nails short so as to not scratch a god; not because a god speaks to me, but because they are nearby in the form of circles, lines, and chants, all the souvenirs sold in Vatican City, products of the space between Adam’s and God’s fingers in that Michelangelo ceiling painting. Accidents are a greater liability with long fingernails if one must transport a bomb. Captivating art, however, is always the unpredictable destruction of constructs–accidents, and what the world has to say about it is the residual nuclear decay, crying about why it is there–though it has been allowed there–and the forgiveness of having not cut your fingernails that day. I create within toxins of memory–mythology, literature once read in high school or college–and brave the front of ambiguous beliefs that these stories belong to everyone and not just the first to have known them. The shoulder blade of Sagittarius has one job at the end of the year, and it isn’t aim–yet here goes the arrow.
Prints are available through my Fine Art America/Pixels account and include minor artist statements: Danielle Byington Art
I update with select works; these are sometimes commissions. If you’d like something similar regarding an original, I’ve often reproduced like works without resorting to prints. Just ask daniellebyington@gmail.com. I can also coordinate professional, local framing of originals and prints (whether mine or others) through my woodworking friend, Lacy Snapp (Luna’s WoodCraft).
Titania’s Woodbine, 2020, watercolor on 18″ x 24″ mixed media paper, prints available
Flowers Pressed in the Pages of Cordelia’s Final Scene, 2020, watercolor on 9″ x 12″ mixed media paper.
Daffodils Grown in a Window of Nihilism, 2020, watercolor and acrylic on 9″ x 12″ mixed media paper.
F. Scott Fitzgerald Heals Zelda from the 1918 Flu, 2020, watercolor and acrylic on 14″ x 17″ mixed media paper, accepted in the permanent collection of the Reece Museum via their 2020 Global Pandemic Initiative for local artists.
Athena Waters Her Flowers with Lightning, 2020, watercolor and acrylic on 14″ x 17″ mixed media paper, $95; forthcoming in Women Speak, Volume 7
Blue Beatrice, 2020, watercolor on 14″ x 17″ mixed media paper, Commission/Private Collection, prints available
Titania’s Heart Feeds Bottom Oats, Straw, and Dried Peas, 2020, watercolor and acrylic on 9″ x 12″ mixed media paper, $50, prints available
Catherine and Circe Write Poetry on the Island of Patmos, 2020, watercolor on 14″ x 17″ watercolor paper, Commission/Private Collection, prints available
Apollo Judges the Postmodern World, 2020, watercolor on 9″ x 12″ watercolor paper, $50, prints available
Persephone’s Prom, 2020, watercolor on 9″ x 12″ watercolor paper, $50, (sale pending) prints available
Arrangement 2: Persephone’s Transfusion, 2020, watercolor on 9″ x 12″ watercolor paper, $50, prints available
Arrangement 1: 1603 Plague Outbreak Closes the Theatres, 2020, watercolor on 9″ x 12″ watercolor paper, Private Collection, prints available
F. Scott Fitzgerald Dreams of Zelda Late at Night, 2020, watercolor on 9″ x 12″ watercolor paper, Private Collection, prints available
How Modernity Shaped Us, 2020, watercolor on 9″ x 12″ watercolor paper, $50, prints available
Murder in the Capital, 2020 watercolor on 9″ x 12″ watercolor paper, $50, prints available
Venus’ Cheekbone, 2020, watercolor on 9″ x 12″ watercolor paper, $50, prints available
Viral Us, 2020, watercolor on 9″ x 12″ watercolor paper, $50, prints available
Springtime on Jupiter, 2020, watercolor on 9″ x 12″ watercolor paper, $50, prints available
Gas Mask Disco 2, digital image, 2020, prints available
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Zelda Fitzgerald Grows Her Hair Out, digital image, 2019, prints available
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Battlefield Bouquet, digital image, 2019, prints available
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Ophelia: “He took me by the wrist and held me hard”, acrylic, watercolor, and paper on 30″ x 48″ deep canvas, $850, prints available
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Shell on Hollywood Beach, Acrylic on 12″ x 12″ deep canvas, 2019, private collection, prints available
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The Consequences of Looking, Acrylic on 36″ x 36″ deep canvas, 2018, $850, prints available
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Helen of Troy, Acrylic on 12″ x 12″ shallow canvas, 2018, private collection, prints available
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