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Jerry W. McDaniel

Encino CA United States

http://www.jerrywmcdanielstudios.com
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While I personally did not suffer a loss my heart was crushed by what happened on 9/11. I heard so many horror stories! I was in New York then and I saw and felt the devastation. We are able to go to the moon, make drones, create virtual reality, constantly inventing new science-fiction-type technology, and we are not able to solve the issues here on earth. Stopping terrorism is very difficult, but even using fire equipment above the 20th story was not possible! /// President George Bush said: “America has been attacked!” I felt that "The world has been attacked!", since there were 85 nationalities in the Twin Towers. In my "911 - One nation indivisible” painting I intended to not miss any of those nationalities, and honor them all. My objective as a heterogeneous artist is to express ideas and feelings through surrealistic - symbolism via subliminal factors by the use of color and typography. In this painting I used bright colors to lift the drama scene up, express for-ever remembrance and hope.

Jerry W. McDaniel is a heterogeneous artist, illustrator, graphic and communication designer, modernist painter (pop art, abstract expressionism), and an art educator (Professor, and Chair of the Advertising, Package and Graphic Design Department at FIT/SUNY). He is a member of the Society of Illustrators, New York, NY. He was born in Ohio, and studied at Columbus College of Art and Design - CCAD (Professional Certificate in 1957 and then a BFA in 1972). He lived and worked many years in New York City. In 1963, he enrolled in the Experimental Workshop at the New School for Social Research (NSSR) taught by Italian artist Angelo Savelli and American artist Henry C. Pearson. He also studied at The School of Visual Arts, New York. In 1965, he chaired the Illustrators Annual Show, New York Society of Illustrators, and in 1966 he created the two “Harlow's New York Most Exciting Discothèque” posters, for the 1st discothèque in the world. These posters are now in the permanent collection of the Victoria & Albert Museum, London, UK. McDaniel distinguished himself by creating advertising work for numerous large corporations, designing posters and magazine illustrations (Pan Am, Intercontinental Hotels, Philip Morris Intl.), doing book covers and illustrations for numerous publishing houses (Scribner’s, Prentice Hall) and for influencing numerous students of advertising and communication arts. McDaniel has art pieces in the US Air Force Art Collection, Pentagon, Washington, DC. In parallel with his commercial career he was a prolific multimedia artist, painting in acrylic, watercolor, and mixed media, in various fields such as landscape, portraits, sports, political graphics. He also designed sports stamps. He was one of the first illustrators to embrace computer graphics. Now McDaniel lives in California and spends time and creates art in his studios in Los Angeles, Palm Springs, CA, and in Montparnasse-Paris, France. Jerry W. McDaniel is represented by the I. C. ART Gallery, Encino, CA - Director: Ileana Costea Ph.D.///Jerry W. McDaniel's websites: http://jerrywmcdanielstudios.com; https://en.wikipedia.or/wiki/Jerry_McDaniel; http://www.ic-art-gallery.com (Youtubes on McDaniel’s art at the “videos” tab); https://www.saatchiart.com/jerrymcdaniel.