Dani Deal
My experience and relationship with art and artmaking has and will continue to develop throughout the course of my life. Through engaging with the creative process, I am able to express myself freely as well as explore my emotions and process my life experiences. Creating art is a therapeutic outlet, an action in which I am able to ground myself, materialize my thoughts, and learn about myself and the media. My art has never been focused on technicality or the end product, rather I create based on the fact that it makes me feel truly alive. My art is exploration. My art is experimentation. My art is inner expression. My art is me.
“The Magic Is In You,” 2022, Mixed media altered book cover, 9 ½” X 6 ⅓”
“Flow,” 2020, Acrylic paint on canvas, 12” X 16”
“Warmth Is A Coffee Shop,” 2019, Cardboard, hot glue, beads, 7 ½” X 7 ¼” X 13”
“Angkor Wat,” 2019, Digital photograph
“The Calm,” 2019, Acrylic paint on canvas, 16” X 11 ¾”
“Crazy 4 Me,” 2022, Screenprint on fabric, lace, dowel rod, 26” X 16”
“Perspective,” 2018, Graphite on bristol paper, 14” X 17”
“Blossoming” 2020, Acrylic paint, buttons, artificial flowers, and bristol paper on canvas, 20” X 16”
“Seeping Through the Cracks”, 2022, Watercolor, 4” X 6”
“Crystals,”2020, Etching, 11” X 14”
“Waves,” 2021, Cotton fibers, 36” X 24”
“Fragmented,” 2016, Acrylic paint and bristol paper, 16 ¾” X 12 ½”
“Mother,” 2020, Digital photograph
“Figure Study,” 2016, Charcoal, 9” X 12”
“Looking Forward,” 2020, Digital photograph
“Hope,” 2020, Digital photograph
Shadow Study,” 2019, Charcoal on bristol paper, 14” X 17”
Dani Deal
Art Therapy ‘23
Dani Deal is a Senior Art Therapy major at Temple University’s Tyler School of Art. Born and raised in New Jersey, Dani discovered her passion for art therapy through her undergraduate studies of Psychology and Art & Design at Towson University. Engagement with the arts has served as an outlet of expression, means of understanding, and avenue of change for Dani. Through the continuation of her studies, she hopes to use her voice, experience, and expertise to support and advocate for healing, mental wellness, expression, social justice, and community on a global level. Dani works with a wide variety of medias including painting, drawing, screen-printing, fibers, digital photography, and mixed medias.
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Instagram: @danideal