“ William Daniels' slow process of working from reproductions reflects how often our experiences of the world are formed from secondary material and documentary sources. Daniels' seems to deliberately play with traditions of painting and the notion of the artist present before his subject. Through his choices of subject matter Daniels' painting often appear antiquated and incongruous with the nature of modern life - as if Daniels' were nostalgic for this loss of experience. Daniels' paintings hold a further level of complexity that is derived from their appearance as faithful copies of original masterpieces. “
William Daniels: Delacroix 2006 (oil on board - 35 x 25 cm)
http://www.luhringaugustine.com/index.php?mode=current
http://www.saatchi-gallery.co.uk/artists/william_daniels_articles.htm
http://www.vilmagold.com/pages/previouspages/will1.htm