"Mish's highly autobiographical paintings place the painter in the dual position of being both subject and voyeur.
These primal, deceptive childlike images take us on a deeply personal exploration of a psyche once locked behind barred and bolted doors, but now ajar, allowing light of the liberator.
Using the power of bold colors layered in a patchwork of abstract shapes, Mish creates a checkerboard of distressed textured surfaces evoked chapters of ordeal, memories, fears, and emotions once pushed into dark corners now exposed and raw
To study Mish's art is to feel the inquietude in the Temple. To be plunged into the contemplation of a tortured heart crying out in denial of the soul that tortured it.
But now flowers spring from fears burned and buried.
The Flowers he holds seem to represent a joy and generosity long lost and found anew.
Mish's intimate and personal work hints at glorifying the sorrowful things that life has a continual desire to forget.
There is a sweetness and a melancholy pervading the work that passes over us like a shadow before bathing us in warm sunlight."
- G3 Fine Art International
Selected Exhibitions
Lurie Fine Art Miami, Florida
Tag Gallery Santa Monica, California
Pacific Design Center West Hollywood, California
G3 Fine art International
MTV Show and Auction Los Angeles, California
SOHO Gallery, Studio City California
Evan Lurie Gallery Carmel, Indiana
Davis and Cline Gallery Ashland, Oregon
Las Vegas Art Expo Las Vegas, Nevada
The Fantasy Gallery.com
Hanson Howard Gallery Ashland, Oregon
Lurie Fine Art Boca Raton, Florida
Rogue Gallery and Art Center Medford, Oregon
Glass Garage Gallery Los Angeles, California
Dragonfire Gallery Cannon Beach, Oregon
Born
Los Angeles, CA 1951
Education
California State University
Los Angeles
CA 1973
BA, Graphic Arts
A fine Artist for over 30 years, Dan's art has been featured in major galleries in the United States and is in many art collections worldwide.
Selected Principal Collections
Rob Lowe, Los Angeles, CA
Tina Sinatra, Los Angeles, CA
Jackie Chan, Beverly Hills, CA
Barry & Leah Porter, Los Angeles, CA
Richard Lewis, Los Angeles, CA
Howard & Ruth Gilliam, Beverly Hills, CA
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