Sentinels
Acrylic, Oil and Colored Pencil on Hardboard
I’m gearing up for my featured show at My Color Image Gallery in March, doing figure work and abstract paintings. The first or which is this piece that I call “Sentinels”. I’ve used this 12″ x 24″ format before on my hip studies and have adapted it to fit these abstracts. I start with a warm layer, usually yellow and some red, let that dry and add the cool layer, stare at the thing and see what speaks to me. Easter Island must have been buried in my subconscious, I found these stone soldiers forming in the verdure. My brother showed me how to spot spiders using a flashlight at night. He shone it on the hedges and I was amazed at how many tiny eyes stared back at us. Some of those eyes are in “Sentinels”.
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Written by Daniel Liam Gill
Daniel Liam Gill is a painter who lives in Portland, Oregon.
He is currently working on the series' Objectify and Seeds.
Daniel was born in American Falls, Idaho in the fall of 1961. He spent his formative years in the American South working as an illustrator, graphic designer and art director. Daniel taught illustration design at Portfolio Center in Atlanta, Georgia and illustration at the Pacific Northwest College of Art in Portland, Oregon. He co-founded The Illustrators’ Jam with PNCA and Raw Visceralia, an art experience.
Daniel studied pastels with Lee Bomhoff , an Atlanta artist.
He honed his figure drawing skills in Portland, Oregon, creating hundreds pastel drawings over several years. Daniel graduated to oils in 2006 and started the series, Connective Tissue in 2007.
