Alan Daniels
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About the author
Alan Daniels was born in Stockport in the North of England and studied fine
art/sculpture at Maidstone College of Art in Kent. After graduating he
traveled extensively throughout Europe.
It was here that he
discovered his affinity for drawing heavenly hussys, initially in an
erotic Alice’s Wonderland series and then in a more idealized pin-up
fashion. These paintings and drawings were exhibited in England and
Germany.
He resettled in England and worked for a while on
science–fiction paintings for the Young Artists agency and airbrushed
pin-up art for galleries and publications such as Penthouse, Playboy,
Mayfair, Zoom, Avante Guarde, Omni. Club International and Men Only.
The connection to California began to form whilst doing work with Paper
Moon Graphics in Los Angeles.
While touring America he fell in
love with California and moved to a town north west of Los Angeles
where the cost of his lifestyle took him so much by surprise he
developed his technical illustration style but continued to do science
fiction illustration. The pin-up ladies started to develop futuristic
overtones during the work he did for Blade Runner. At this time work
for pin-up magazines was becoming less acceptable as what was being
asked for was no longer erotic. The technical style that had been
developed now supported him and many others with illustration work.
Returning
to the ladies, they are now somewhat of a contrast to the idealistic
airbrush renderings of his earlier work, the atmosphere was too
antiseptic and failed to leave room for emotion. The darker feeling
that is now evident is to allow for what is not always apparent.
Initially
the girls were perfect icons drawn from the male fantasy of the female
form, the Hussys now are more of the girl next door, and someone you
could hold a conversation with. These are not in peril, submissive
girls, they are self assured women with the most interesting forms of
soft curves against hard lines.
When producing his
sculpture-electronic environmental pieces- the most important pieces
were always the ones that appeared in his dreams, the Hussys come to
life in a similar fashion dictating how they should look, the attitudes
they posses and he situations they want to be in.
He still lives in California with his family who are an inspiration to the working of his ladies.
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