Seraph
Acrylic, Oil and Colored Pencil on Hardboard
The third in a series with Lluna, the inspiration for water nymphs.I’d been working on this composition with no clear idea of direction, painting a shell shape into the middle and pulling out wings on the sides. Lluna had dropped by the studio to see the previous pieces and I asked her if I could paint her flesh back into a few places on this one as an experiment. That’s her belly button in the shell now, along with her ribs and shoulder blades and her hip. I was curious to see how the contrast of her actual print would look next to the way that I interpret her in oil. It’s an odd juxtaposition, one that I don’t this is quite worked out yet.
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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.
