Wayward Cloud
Acrylic, Oil and Colored Pencil on Hardboard
The second finished painting in collaboration with Floofie. Staring in clouds and finding faces is something that takes me back to reading Peanuts as a kids. They had the books in my school library, the doubles that are two books in one and flip upside down when you get to the center. Charlie Brown was always lying on a grassy knoll looking up at the sky and picking out faces in the clouds. There are so many of those elements in this piece.
Working with Floofie is like being a kid again. Her energy is so pure and her colors so primary, she’s like your first box of 64 Crayolas, that new crayon feeling. You can’t wait to see what you can make. Here’s the original print before oil embellishment.
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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.
