Daniel Britton

Courtesy Affiliate, Emeritus Professor

ART 432A TEMPE, AZ 85287-1505
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Long Bio

Daniel Britton joined the faculty at Arizona State University in 1976. He is a Professor of Printmaking and Life Drawing. He received his MFA in Printmaking at the University of Colorado in Boulder, Colorado. Professor Britton is recognized across North America and abroad. His works are in many permanent and private collections including:

· Bibliotecque National , Paris, France

· Corcoran Museum, Washington D.C.

· Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art, Scottsdale, AZ

· Utah Museum of Fine Arts, Salt Lake City,UT

· Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center, The Taylor Museum, Colorado Springs, CO

· Portland Art Museum, Portland OR.

· Haggin Art Museum, Stockton, CA

· Lauren Rogers Art Museum, Laurel,MS

· Scottsdale Center For the Arts, Scottsdale, AZ

· Huntsville Museum of Fine Arts, Huntsville,AL

· Kennedy Art Museum, Ohio University, Athens,OH

· Lakeview Museum of Arts & Sciences, Peoria, IL

· Ewing Gallery-University of Tennessee, Knoxville,TN

· Nelson Art Museum, Tempe, AZ.

· Bradbury Gallery, Arkansas St. University, Arkansas State, AR

· Haarman and Reimer GmbH (Corp.), Holtzminden, Germany

· Takach Press Corp. Albuquerque, NM

· Norman Eppick Collection, Emporia State University, Emporia,KS

· Bradley University, Peoria IL

Professor Britton is the recipient of numerous awards including the Eugene Rogolsky Purchase Award at the 2005 Los Angeles Printmaking Society Exhibition in Los Angeles,CA.

Research Interests

My taste in art is an inventive recreation of reality. The purpose of which is communicating some meaningful aspect of what it means to be human and how we can and do perceive the world around us. I consider myself a traditional artist. My primary initial motivation in creating prints or paintings is a visual interest in the subject and the light that reveals it. Of equal importance is the choosing and utilization of the most interesting components of the language of drawing and painting for the subject to have a unique and stimulating visual impact. The structure of my work allows me to use realism as a foundation with elements of abstraction and invention as strong contributors to the finished work. I have little specific interest in narrative or stories. Instead, I want the language of sight and mark making to encourage a sense of visual poetry in the finished work.

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