This gallery features a selection of recent nostalgic mixed media artwork that repurposes found materials, featuring Western and animal themes. Created from a life-long collection of nostalgic ephemera and Americana. Reminiscent of cowboys, cowgirls, horses, and childhood memories. Many finished in hand-made, recycled lath frames. Images by Daniel Shapiro. All rights reserved.
This mixed media collage was inspired by a old diamond engagement ring ad and reimagined for a cowboy couple. I combined paper, paint, glitter, gold leaf and found objects on a 10 by 10 inch canvas. The text applied to the center came from an old Western paperback and reads: The cowboy you never told anyone about when you were young is suddenly real and you're goin' to marry him.
This mixed media assemblage was inspired by the background of an old cigarette ad. Cowboys do love their horses, but maybe they're also secretly fond of each other? Someone should write a song about that. A birch panel has an inset vintage heart-shaped mold holding a little silver outdoor scene.
This gallery features a selection of nostalgic mixed media artwork that repurposes found materials, featuring Western and animal themes completed in 2022. Created from a life-long collection of nostalgic ephemera and Americana. Reminiscent of cowboys, cowgirls, horses, and childhood memories. Many finished in hand-made, recycled lath frames. Images by Daniel Shapiro. All rights reserved.
Layers of fabric are stitched together to create a desert landscape featuring cactus and a golden moon. Jumbo faux pearls stand in for a multitude of stars. The silhouette of the cowboys is made of canvas and textured paper married together and stitched along the border.
This collage was made with fabric, acrylic paint, rick rack and paper flowers. The fabrics have been machine stitched together and the paper flowers have been affixed using a French knot at the the center.
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This mixed media assemblage features a hand-embroidered young cowboy with X's for eyes. It was inspired by the Johnny Cash song Don't Take Your Guns to Town about a young man with a quick temper, but not a quick enough draw.
This mixed media assemblage features a hand-embroidered young cowboy with X's for eyes. It was inspired by the Johnny Cash song Don't Take Your Guns to Town about a young man with a quick temper, but not a quick enough draw.
This gallery features a selection of nostalgic mixed media artwork that repurposes found materials, featuring Western and animal themes completed in 2021. Created from a life-long collection of nostalgic ephemera and Americana. Reminiscent of cowboys, cowgirls, horses, and childhood memories. Many finished in hand-made, recycled lath frames. Images by Daniel Shapiro. All rights reserved.
Inspired by a photo by Kennedi Carter @internetbby
This gallery features a selection of nostalgic mixed media artwork that repurposes found objects, featuring Western and animal themes completed in 2020. Created from a life-long collection of nostalgic ephemera and Americana. Reminiscent of cowboys, cowgirls, horses, and childhood memories. Many finished in hand-made, recycled lath frames.
Images by Daniel Shapiro. All rights reserved.
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This on-going series of paintings was inspired by the H. G. Wells novel The Island of Doctor Moreau (and its three bizarre movie adaptations) and the ethics of speciesism. As we realize that human animals have abused and exploited the planet for our own good, the idea that human animals are superior to nonhuman animals comes into question. Additionally, as scientists develop more innovative ways to understanding nonhuman animal behaviors, we are able to learn more about ourselves. The tenants of human exceptionalism start to erode once we see we have more in common with nonhuman animals than was previously assumed.
Given our expanding knowledge of the inner lives of animals and the climate crisis that we created, this series explores the questions:
Where do human animals go from here?
How will we evolve as nonhuman species go extinct and the planet becomes less hospitable to humans?
Will the once inconceivable ideas of Doctor Moreau become a reality in order for humans to survive?
It's okay to laugh at these paintings.
Images by Daniel Shapiro. All rights reserved.
Acrylic on paper on panel
Acrylic on paper on panel
Acrylic on paper on panel
Acrylic on panel
Acrylic on paper on panel
Acrylic on paper on panel
Acrylic on paper on panel
Acrylic on paper on panel with cabinet door sample frame.
Acrylic on paper on panel with cabinet door sample frame.
Acyrlic on panel
I'm an avid collector of all kinds of stuff: plastic cowboys, googly eyes, tiny fake flowers, vintage picture frames, etc -- the list goes on. To make art I modify this endless stream of stuff to blend seamlessly together forming a new narrative. Much of my work incorporates Western themes and imagery. American culture contains its own symbols and emblems, likewise, found objects contain their own stories, and when combined, work to either complement, conflate or otherwise distort each collection into a myth or legend of my own creation.
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I'm an avid collector of all kinds of stuff: plastic cowboys, googly eyes, tiny fake flowers, vintage picture frames, etc -- the list goes on. To make art I modify this endless stream of stuff to blend seamlessly together forming a new narrative. Much of my work incorporates Western themes and imagery. American culture contains its own symbols and emblems, likewise, found objects contain their own stories, and when combined, work to either complement, conflate or otherwise distort each collection into a myth or legend of my own creation.
Available items shown with price next to title (please contact me for purchase of these) or are available in my Etsy shop.
Images by Daniel Shapiro. All rights reserved.
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History and photography trick us into thinking we know the truth—but when examined more closely they only scratch the surface of reality. Recounting a moment in time or the life of a human being is skewed through the lens and each person’s recollection will differ.
These portraits reflect this often overlooked aspect of history and photography. There are multiple perspectives on why and how things happened: one person’s truth can be another person’s lie and the space in between gives birth to myth and legend. The American West is a great example of a “truth” spun from myth inspired by reality and it is a subject that I find endlessly fascinating.
The photographic images incorporated into this group of work exist in the public domain. Some of these folks are historical figures; some of these images are over 100 years old and some are much more recent.
This body of work also furthers my practice of using reclaimed and reused materials. Found items contain their own story and they work to either complement, conflate or otherwise distort each image into a myth or legend of my own creation.
Images by Daniel Shapiro. All rights reserved.
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Text reads: I was a cowboy, but now I have a strange feeling that I only wore his apparel
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Text reads: And she lived terrifically ever after
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Text reads: All the gentlemen were armed with revolvers
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Banner reads: Between Heaven and Earth she did exist. Against the odds she did persist. Her detractors, she did forgive. On her own terms, she died as she lived.
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Text reads: He rode the range with the cat he loved on his back
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Text reads: Good and bad luck
Text reads: Take his hand
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Text reads: Who was she, really?
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Shown with orbiting elements being turned
Text reads: He wondered what they would do if they knew his award-winning food contained no meat
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Text reads: Two cowboys-restless, weird, wild traveling the country
Artwork created using mostly found and reused materials.
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The image of the cowboy is a postcard of a work by artist Berndt Savig.
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Artwork created using mostly found and reused materials.
Images by Daniel Shapiro. All rights reserved.
Small acrylic and watercolor paintings and studies created from memories of the Savannah, GA landscape.
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A selection of mixed media work produced while at SCAD. Images by Daniel Shapiro. All rights reserved.
Hand-printed C-print photographs created using black and white 35mm film. This imagery was constructed using plastic cowboy, horse, and other toys.
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