Daniel J. Finaldi

Daniel J. Finaldi

Italian American, lives and works in Highland Park, USA

Daniel is a realist landscapist and portraitist, taught and deeply influenced by the key American postwar artist Lois Dodd. Expressiveness of lines and masterly work with colour layers, everyday settings and loose, natural poses are characteristic of his style. His portraits are usually an ensemble of two or more people, mainly the students at the high school he teaches. Daniel currently focuses on those who feel most threatened in the culture of racism and bullying. Painting of the adolescents of various skin colours, figure types and ethnical roots is a way to offer them a feeling of pride, dignity and heroism.