Daniel Gonzalez

Somos Puente

2015

Signed, titled and numbered from the edition of 50. This illustration is used in the book The Ballad of Huck and Miguel - a re-telling of Mark Twain's The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, set in contemporary times and centering around Huck and an illegal immigrant in the urban environment of the Los Angeles River. A young boy looking up at a starlit night sky. Artist statement: “My life has been shared between two countries, the United States and Mexico. I’ve experienced the hard rural life of my parents in Mexico and the dangerous and fragmented life of the inner city. I am a person made up from experiences from both of these worlds. I am Mexican but I am also American and I can slip between these two worlds with ease and exist in both simultaneously. Culture does not honor borders. Culture is about change and growth. My work is inspired by the folk stories that my parents and grandparents have passed on. I have a desire to invent and share my own narratives and vision through printmaking. I want to be able to communicate through the image an invitation to tell a new story to be told or an old one to be remembered." Daniel Gonzalez was raised in Los Angeles, and received his training at the California College of Arts and Crafts. He also apprenticed with Artemio Rodriguez...

This is one of eighteen color mezzotints (printed on chine collé) depicting the landscape of coastal Maine. Intimations of the Arts and Crafts Movement of the early twentieth century are evident in the palette of greens and grays, with additional touches of violet, eggplant and ochre. The suite of...

The artwork will be sent unframed Linocut print „ Shrouded in fog - I rise” 2023 Reduction linocut print technique Limited edition, print unique number 3/9 Paper Fabriano Rosaspina ...

The artwork will be sent unframed Linocut „Dawn” 2023 Linocut print technique Art print from 7 matrices Limited edition, print unique number 2/8 Paper Fabriano Rosaspina 220 g Prin...