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Christ-Centered Art
would like to provide you
the opportunity for to
get to know our artists
through art trivia.
Currently we have the
following trivia available
for Daniel Smith.
What is Daniel's favorite
book genre?
Nonfiction adventure
What is Daniel's favorite
music?
Electric guitar blues
played by his 15 year
old son Adam
What is Daniel's favorite
movie?
Dances with Wolves
What is Daniel's favorite
pastime?
Snow skiing in the winter
and mountain biking in
the summer
What is Daniel's
nickname?
"Dan the Man"
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Daniel Smith is one of America's foremost
wildlife artists. Smith enjoys wide acclaim for
his spectacular depictions of landscapes and
wildlife as well as his conservation stamp
artwork. An ardent supporter of wildlife
conservation, Smith feels indebted to the
natural world that has provided him with the
sole inspiration for his award-winning career.
Daniel Smith began his career designing
conservation stamps. After winning the first
Minnesota Pheasant Stamp Competition in
1983, Smith, who had been working as a
commercial artist, was able to begin painting
full time. Smith won the 1988-89 Federal
Duck Stamp Competition and went on to be
the artist for the 1991 Texas Waterfowl
Stamp, the 1991 Minnesota Duck Stamp,
and the 1991 National Fish and Wildlife
Foundation's Conservation Stamp and Print
Program.
Smith's global prominence in the world of
wildlife art has afforded him the honor of
creating the original artwork for several
international programs as well. In 1989, he
created the image for Australia's First of
Nation Duck Stamp, which helped raise
funds for the Australian Wetlands
Conservation Project. Smith was also the
creator of the United Kingdom's 1991 First
of Nation Duck Stamp, a benefit for The
Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust, which was
founded by the late Sir Peter Scott. Overall,
Daniel Smith has designed more than 30
duck stamps in his illustrious career.
Daniel Smith's concerns, however, extend
beyond his artwork. Environmental issues
have become increasingly significant to
Daniel Smith, who has used his art to
endorse and aid many conservation efforts.
He believes in the need for a global policy
regarding the world's natural resources.
Smith says, "The ever-increasing demands
of mankind are taxing our natural
ecosystems as never before. If action is
not taken soon, we may well be faced with
a global crisis that is irreversible."
The detail and scientific accuracy of Daniel
Smith's artwork has caught the eyes of
organizations such as the National
Geographic Society, who commissioned him
to paint 5 color plates for The Field Guide
to the Birds of North America and the
prestigious "Birds in Art" exhibition sponsored
by the Leigh Yawkey Woodson Art Museum.
Daniel Smith was named Ducks Unlimited
International Artist of the Year in 1988 and
in 2002. In 1996, Dan was inducted into the
U.S. Art Hall of Fame due to his great
popularity among print collectors. In 1996,
Smith also received the People's Choice
Award and Master Palette Award at the
Masterworks in Miniature Show at Gallery
One in Mentor, Ohio. At the 1997 Florida
Wildlife Art Expo, Smith was named the
Artist of the Year; and in 2003, Daniel Smith
received 3 prestigious awards from the
Society of Animal Artists: an Award of
Excellence, The Leonard J. Meiselman Award
for a Realistic Painting Executed in an
Academic Manner, and The Hiram Blauvelt
Art Museum Purchase Award.
Today, Daniel Smith lives in the mountains
of southwest Montana where he is
surrounded by North American wildlife that
inspires him to paint. Daniel Smith's paintings
of nature have been published by Mill Pond
Press since 1978. His artwork is the subject
of the following book: More Wildlife
Paintings: Techniques of Modern Masters
(cover - Watson-Guptill Publications, 1996),
and he can be seen in the video: Capturing
the Moment: The Artistry of Daniel
Smith.
Daniel Smith travels frequently to research
his subjects in their natural habitat,
believing that there is no substitute for
personal experience in the field. He says of
his artwork, "I want people to experience
the peace, the tranquility of the wilderness,
of being the only one out there, communing
with nature."
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