Art as a Reflection of the Times. feat. Danielle Festa

 Danielle Festa's artwork continues to inspire me as she expresses real beauty and strength that resides in everyone through her paintings. Danielle's powerful artwork combines techniques of ancient masters with modern art techniques and reflects modern times. Her creative process is fascinating to watch on instagram and combines beauty, passion , intuition and invites us all to heal through her artwork. 

Danielle Festa first began exploring the dimensions of personality constructs developed by clothing at the University of Amherst Massachusetts as a Fine Arts major. In her thesis work, she started incorporating textiles in combination with her traditional oil painting techniques. Since graduating in 2007, she has been painting and exhibiting in the New England area. Recently, she has moved to a studio at the Washington Street Mills in Dover, NH after working out of Somerville, MA for nearly a decade. Experimenting with the mixed media application of fabrics and oil paints, she continues to develop her evolving theme: the perception of dress. Danielle has shown her work in over 40 exhibitions from the Boston area to New York City to Oslo, 14 of which were solo shows in non-commercial galleries. She is also the recipient of the Boston Biennial Gold Painting Award in 2009 and the Somerville Arts Council Fellowship Grant in 2013.

 

In our conversation we talk about how she got started as an artist, her influences and family inspirations, her creative process, her fantastic Mask Yourself Series on instagram and much more!                      ______________________________________________________

You can find out more about Danielle Festa and see her artwork at these websites!

 

Websites :

Danielle Festa https://daniellefesta.com 

D graphics :  http://dgraphicsnh.com

 

Keep up with Danielle on Social Media!

Instagram : https://www.instagram.com/paintingsbydfesta/?utm_medium=copy_link

Contact :  danielle@daniellefesta.com

 

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Intro and Outro song : 

"In The Stars". Alison Keslow

Intuitive Music Lessons, Performance and Recording inquires :

http://www.alisonkeslow.com

 

Follow Alison on Social Media!

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/alisonkeslow/

and https://www.instagram.com/earthtoneswithalison/