Daniel Kathalynas
Tortilla and Kit
acrylic on canvas, 22 x 28 in., 2016
Daniel Kathalynas
BIO
Daniel Kathalynas was born in Scranton, Pennsylvania on December 16, 1971. He received outstanding art awards since he was a child in juried scholastic exhibits in Scranton. Daniel began taking accelerated college art classes while still in high school and graduated from Keystone College for Fine Art in 1992. Living in New York City from 1992 - 2007, Kathalynas studied and exhibited his artwork and music throughout his time there. Today, Kathalynas is the resident artist at the Norfolk Botanical Garden and a former resident artist of the Hermitage Museum in Norfolk, VA, USA. He teaches painting, guitar performance, and meditation throughout the Hampton Roads area in Virginia. Kathalynas has exhibited his work throughout the United States, Japan, and Italy.
Kathalynas begins making art in a moving meditation. Primarily, he works with acrylic paint and frequently includes other materials such as glass, stones, sand and wood to forge a multi-dimensional view and a non-conscious symbolism which he calls “Emot-spirituals”.
Statement
"When an animal comes to you for food and receives nothing then hops in through a barely open car window and returns to you with a bag of your corn chips in her mouth, there is no other name to call her than “Tortilla”. A happy presence in the wilds of the garden; a matriarch with a fun demeanor. Friends come in all sizes."
Daniel Kathalynas was born in Scranton, Pennsylvania on December 16, 1971. He received outstanding art awards since he was a child in juried scholastic exhibits in Scranton. Daniel began taking accelerated college art classes while still in high school and graduated from Keystone College for Fine Art in 1992. Living in New York City from 1992 - 2007, Kathalynas studied and exhibited his artwork and music throughout his time there. Today, Kathalynas is the resident artist at the Norfolk Botanical Garden and a former resident artist of the Hermitage Museum in Norfolk, VA, USA. He teaches painting, guitar performance, and meditation throughout the Hampton Roads area in Virginia. Kathalynas has exhibited his work throughout the United States, Japan, and Italy.
Kathalynas begins making art in a moving meditation. Primarily, he works with acrylic paint and frequently includes other materials such as glass, stones, sand and wood to forge a multi-dimensional view and a non-conscious symbolism which he calls “Emot-spirituals”.
Statement
"When an animal comes to you for food and receives nothing then hops in through a barely open car window and returns to you with a bag of your corn chips in her mouth, there is no other name to call her than “Tortilla”. A happy presence in the wilds of the garden; a matriarch with a fun demeanor. Friends come in all sizes."
- Daniel Kathalynas
Norfolk, Virginia
Norfolk, Virginia
