Hello, I’m Danelle!
My love of art was incubated in my high school years when I lived on a sailboat, traveling mostly in the Puget Sound, Wash. and Vancouver Island, B.C. area, eventually sailing with my family to Ketchikan, Alaska, where I live now. My father loved solitude, and we usually anchored in a remote bay rather than a busy marina. With all that quiet time, I poured most of my time and energy into drawing.
I earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts from Oregon State University in 1987, and studied painting at Gray’s School of Art in Aberdeen, Scotland in the school year of 1985-1986.
I have had solo gallery shows locally, “Alaska Bestiary” and “Mark of the Beast,” and have had smaller solo shows in other venues. I paint mostly animals of all kinds, focusing on sharing my connection with each animal — whatever my fascination for creature might be, whether it is a person’s Labrador retriever, or a great white shark.
I have earned two “People’s Choice” awards in the local USFS Hummingbird Festival shows and have sold many works in open-call and invitational exhibits over the years as well as have sold many works through commissions.
My day job is as the city/education/arts reporter for Ketchikan Daily News.
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