"At an early age it was pretty apparent that
drawing was what I was good at. I had all the necessary
skills; hands, eyes, and an incredibly compulsive
personality that assured I would spend days on a single
drawing until I thought it was perfect".
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Daniel Dos Santos
Daniel Dos Santos, born in 1978 demonstrates fine artistic abilities
remarkable for an artist of any age. To see it in one so young is extremely
rare. Already a highly respected young adult science fiction illustrator, Dos
Santos works with Scholastic Books, Inc. and Tor Books.
During his
last year of high school, Dos Santos took a Careers In Art class. The class
required an internship. Dos Santos was fortunate to land his internship with
internationally recognized illustrator and landscape painter Steven Stroud.
After graduation from the School of Visual Arts in New York City in 2000, Dos
Santos and Stroud set up a studio in Shelton, Connecticut in a historic 100
year-old factory.
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Dr. Martin Luther King
Jr.
“Although I am not
old enough to have seen him during his lifetime, I hold the life work of Dr.
Martin Luther King, Jr. in high regard. It would be easy to paint a “heroic”
portrait of Dr. King giving one of his great speeches, but I wanted to
portray his personality over his deeds,” says Dan. “I handled this piece as
if I had been asked to paint his portrait. I knew he had a number of images
of Gandhi about his home and chose to incorporate this detail. Hopefully,
what I’ve created is a tribute to a force of politics, preaching and
praise—as well as Martin, the man.”
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