Pa’riba, Pa’bajo, Pal’centro Y Pa’dentro: Puerto Rican artist Daniel Garcia exhibition at Coral Springs Museum of Art
View of Puerto Rican
artist Daniel Garcia exhibition
Daniel
Garcia was born in Miami Beach, Florida of Puerto Rican parents. From a young age, Daniel lived in Wynwood, known
today as Miami Art District. As a child, this area was composed of factories
which today have been turned into galleries and other art venues. As a child, art was his passion, and from
that early age, his parents realized his talents and helped guide him.
In the
1980’s, he found his passion for fashion. He set forth to be a fashion
designer, having earned his associate degree in Fashion Merchandizing and
Illustration, which lead him to work in local fashion shows for designers such
as Oscar de la Renta and Carolina Herrera, among others.
The need to
create beauty lead him to explore other art forms and in 1994, his work was
accepted into the Ft. Lauderdale Art Museum’s 36th Annual HORTT Memorial
Competition, which was the fuel needed to know that without art, he was unable
to live. Art became his oxygen, his
blood, his everything.
Daniel has
exhibited his work predominantly through the tri-county area in South Florida
as well as in California. His art has joined the collections of many private
collectors, and he continues painting and showing his works. His work combines the constant motion of
everyday life, running from point A to point B and not taking time to enjoy the
ride. In his art, you can see this
motion as it becomes almost abstract represented by distorted yet colorful and
playful images, “It’s like trying to sketch a model that does not stop moving,
and creating a sketch with many line and forms”; like a scene from a carnival
or rush hour in most large cities.
Auto Foto (Self Portrait)
40 x 49 inch
Mix medium on canvas
His use of
bright colors are reflections from his many travels to his parent’s native
land, where year-round you are surrounded by colorful foliage, the blue sky,
the flavor if it’s people, the music, and the vibe. These elements come together on his canvas
creating his vision, his world, his passion, his life – his art.
Pa’riba,
Pa’bajo, Pal’centro Y Pa’dentro exhibition can now be seen at The Coral Springs
Art Museum through December 23. Museum hours: Monday-Saturday 10am-5pm, Sunday-Monday closed
http://coralspringsmuseum.org
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