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Background Resume Education: Bachelor of Architecture, Lawrence Technological University, 1984 Master of Architecture, University of Michigan, 1992 Independent Studies at The Cathedral Church of St. John the Divine in New York City, 1988. Teaching: Drawing and sketching at the University of Michigan College of Architecture and Urban Design, 1991 Independent drawing lessons. Dan is a native of Massachusetts and now resides in Ann Arbor.  Driven by a creative spirit, Dan finds outlets in the dicipline of architecture and the freedom of painting.   Corporate Collections Northwestern Mutual Insurance Co. Visteon Pepsico St. Joseph Mercy Hospital   Exhibitions Livonia Civic Center Art Gallery, Livonia, Michigan, 1996. Rehill Gallery, Ann Arbor, Michigan, Solo Exhibition, 1996. Matrix Gallery, Ann Arbor, Michigan, 1997. Rehill Gallery, Ann Arbor, Michigan, 1998. Ann Arbor Art Center Gallery, All Media competition, 1998. Lansing Art Gallery, Art Michigan Competition, 1998. Mast Cove Gallery, Kenebunkport, Maine, 1999. Fore Street Gallery, Portland, Maine, 1999. Ann Arbor Art Center Gallery, Ann Arbor, Michigan, Fall exhibit, 2000 and 2001. Ann Arbor Art Center, Ann Arbor, Michigan, All Media Competition, 2000, 2001, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2009. The Community House, Birmingham, Michigan, Our Town Competition, 2000. Muskegon Museum of Art, Century 2, New Glass and Painting Exhibition, 2001. Gifts of Art, University of Michigan, 2008. Ella Sharp Statewide Fine Arts Competition. 2007-2010. Grimes Gallery, Saco, Maine. 2009 Chelsea River Gallery, 2009, 2010 djb@danieljbarry.com ARTIST’S STATEMENT: The process of making these paintings often begins with the recollection of being somewhere. I start by sketching tiny thumbnail diagrams annotating them with color comments and ideas. This gives me a chance to begin from my imagination, not a photograph. I may visit the site after the initial drawings are done, photographing or sketching to include forgotten elements which may contribute to the piece. I resist actual colors from the real place, preferring my imagined reality and the interaction of the paints on the canvas. From there a more developed set of drawings ensues, sometimes in color pencil or marker. Small study paintings are the next step. If the idea emerges from this level successfully, I design and paint a large canvas. This is by far the most demanding stage. In the end the piece has been done several times before a final painting is produced. While the piece may resemble the place which inspired it, it is more a reflection of the process of making it. If it is successful it exhibits my reaction to the place, not the place itself.