Brenda K. McDaniel
Wild Hare Gallery
Good Hope, GA
www.wildharegallery.com
Brenda K. McDaniel has distinguished herself from other watercolor artist with her unique style of handling the medium. Most of this, she believes, comes from her being a self-taught artist.
“I do not handle watercolor in the traditional way, as most watercolorists do. Starting out painting with oils, then acrylics, and in 1979, watercolor, I made the transition the only way I knew, so I tend to paint with watercolors the way most artist paint with oils. I believe I was born an artist. As far back as I can remember I have created my art on anything, even the bottom of tables as a child. My paintings are neither photo-realism nor impressionistic. They are somewhere in the middle. I tend to spend more time and energy on the main subject than the rest of the painting. That is just my style.
I have always been an artist who paints the things that inspire me, not the things that people wish to paint. I believe that is the only way to do art; I know it is the only way to be creative. I am a “critter” painter. I cannot do a painting and call it finished without some sort of fur or feathers. I’m not necessarily a wildlife artist because I love to portray domestic animals as well. There is a certain gentleness to my paintings. I do not like conflict in my art or in my life. I paint the way I want my life to be… free, happy, and at peace.”
Born in Chamblee, Georgia, Brenda now makes her home in Good Hope, Georgia with her husband. Their plans are to move to the North Georgia Mountains in the near future and have a small farm with plenty of animals and places to go fishing.
Brenda’s self-published work has been sold all over the world. She has many limited and open edition prints, adding a few more every year.
