The Eye of a Dreamer: The Art of Daniel Merriam - Rilegato

Merriam, Daniel

Rilegato

ISBN 10: 0979715709 ISBN 13: 9780979715709

Casa editrice: Monarch Editions, 2007

Riassunto

This is the second catalogue raisonné of Daniel Merriam's art, which celebrates another decade of the artist's work. This remarkable book features 134 color images of Merriam's vibrant and skillfully executed watercolors. A seasoned and masterful virtuoso with his brush, Merriam forcefully communicates his subtle yet dramatic, comforting yet disarming messages. His carefully constructed environments and dreamy architectural structures are lovingly populated with a diverse array of bizarre, other-worldly denizens. The paintings are illuminated by intimate perspectives and personal accounts in the words of the artist himself. Opening essays are by a distinguished designer, historian and author, Paul Duchscherer, and by an internationally known analytical psychologist and expert on learning styles, Dr. J. Robert Hanson. Welcome to the world of Daniel Merriam's dreams. A taste for adventure and an open mind will make the trip one to savor!

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L'autore:

DANIEL MERRIAM, born in Maine in 1963, now lives in San Francisco. This self-taught artist is best known for his dry brush watercolor technique and gloriously imaginative style. He has been the subject of over one hundred solo exhibitions worldwide and has garnered acclaim from numerous national and international publications and television news broadcasts. Merriam's unique visions are layered with colorful imagery in a style he calls esthetic dada, reclaiming the territory of romance and dreams for both classical and contemporary art lovers alike. For more information about Daniel Merriam, visit his website at WWW.DANIELMERRIAM.COM.

Dalla seconda/terza di copertina:

Daniel Merriam's second catalogue raisonné celebrates another decade of the artist's work. This remarkable book features 134 color images of Merriam's vibrant and skillfully executed watercolors. The paintings are illuminated by intimate perspectives and personal accounts in the words of the artist himself. The book begins with “A Vocabulary of Dreams: Fantasy Meets Architecture, Ornament and Nature,” an essay by a distinguished designer, historian, and author Paul E. Duchscherer, who writes: “A seasoned and masterful virtuoso with his brush, Merriam deftly captures the effects of radiant light, vast spaces, deeply dimensional textures, and vividly saturated colors. With the aplomb of an alchemist, he conjures up sly contradictions and secret messages, and juxtaposes them against audaciously unearthly backdrops. Strikingly rich, beguiling, and occasionally unsettling, these are not images intended to prompt one-sided conversations.” The book also features “The Ancient Content of Contemporary Dreams,” an essay by an internationally known analytical psychologist and expert on learning styles, Dr. J. Robert Hanson, who gives an important perspective on the nature of the artist's work: “...These paintings are a contribution to a rich lore not only of surrealistic paintings but of a tradition that goes back hundreds of years. The symbols are very similar, and if we could talk to the dreamers, we would discover messages not too distant from our own experiences today.” Welcome to the world of Daniel Merriam's dreams. A taste for adventure and an open mind will make the trip one to savor!

Su questa edizione

• Editore: Monarch Editions
• Data di pubblicazione: 2007
• ISBN 10: 0979715709
• ISBN 13: 9780979715709
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 128