About the Artist

Richard McDaniel spends at least as much time studying his subjects and thinking about his compositions as he does painting them. His landscapes are designed to engage the viewer with calculated rhythms and color schemes so the parts of the painting are as rewarding to look at as any literal transcription of the subject.
                - American Artist, February 1994

    b. 1948, Berkeley, California

EDUCATION

University of Notre Dame, M.F.A. (Painting)
California State University at San Diego, B.A. (Sculpture)
Art Students League of New York (Painting)
 
TEACHING

Pacific Academy of Fine Arts, Santa Rosa, California, 1998 to 2001
Woodstock School of Art, Woodstock, New York, 1983 to 1999
Post College, Waterbury, Connecticut, Artist-in-Residence, 1986-87
Central Connecticut State University 1985-87
. . . . painting workshops, USA, Canada & Europe, since 1984

         About the Workshops 

HONORS

    Residency Fellowships:
The Millay Colony (NY)
Vermont Studio Colony (VT)
Pepperwood Preserve (CA)

Artists Grant: Connecticut Commission on the Arts
Travel Grant, Exhibition Stipend: University of Notre Dame
Full Scholarship, Teaching Assistantship: University of Notre Dame

Master Painters of the World, International Artist Magazine

    Elected to Membership:

American Impressionist Society
Oil Painters of America
Society of Master Impressionists

    Signature Membership:
Pastel Society of America
Pastel Society of the West Coast
National Academy of Professional Plein Air Painters

    Listed:
    Who's Who in American Art,
    Who's Who in America,
    Who's Who in The World

click here to read an interview with Richard