DANI SCHAFER

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Usually, I see something around me or in nature that inspires a mood board. For this, it was mountain ash trees full of red-orange berries in some afternoon sunlight. I try to take photos or commit an impression of it to memory. Then I hunt for images that feel like they fit with what’s in my mind. I build out a color palette from there, collecting and swapping out images as my vision changes (I’ll share sources for these images in my stories - I’ve tagged some of them and many are vintage sources: Funk & Wagnalls Wildlife Encyclopedia , old nature books that I’ve long since separated from their covers. Swipe to see a few variations of what’s currently on my studio desk.

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palette, light, colors, forms

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Definitely violated all standards of archival storage when I stuffed these soft sculptures into in a bin ten years ago (they almost look more interesting now, swipe to see them installed in January 2011). So much of my early sculptural work was sadly not eco-friendly (it was not discussed while I was studying – I hope it is now). In addition to these pieces, I also unearthed glasswork, and sugar coated paper sculpture, and found/reclaimed/recycled pieces. I’ve yet to open a giant box filled with a huge EPS foam multi-piece work from 2006, but it’s up against the wall in here and at least fulfilling its primary function as a building material: insulation. https://www.instagram.com/p/CK65xmwJzlM/?igshid=e6m5l0oxeio0

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from September, favorite light ☀️. . . . . #abstractart #inthestudio #contemporaryart #studioscenes #abstractpainting #todaysartreport #carveouttimeforart #new_and_abstract #contemporarypainting #artistsoninstagram #artoninstagram https://www.instagram.com/p/CKT3jhTpybi/?igshid=1gvt0mr2mol5e

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acrylic on canvas, 9 x 11 in., 2020 🌞 — #abstract #painting #abstractart #artwork #abstractpainters #contemporary #contemporaryartist #todaysartreport #abstractpainting #artist #instaart #contemporaryart https://www.instagram.com/p/CAs8AJ3JX7_/?igshid=1ut89wxd3zcy4

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thumbnail sketches / July 29, 2019

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Adolph Gottlieb (1903 - 1974) Red & Green 1966 (228,6 x 185,4 cm)

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Women and Little Girls in a Natural Setting, Berthe Morisot

Medium: oil,canvas

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study / July 28, 2019

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grateful to always be able to come back to this space (and that my aloe plants live through just about any phase of semi-abandonment) https://www.instagram.com/p/BxhqjTVpoDM/?igshid=wzoxxaz0qe2q

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study, acrylic on paper, 8 x 10 in., 2019 — #worksonpaper #abstract #painting #abstractart #neutrals #abstraction #painter #contemporaryart #artcollector #artwork #contemporaryartist #interiors #expressionism #danischafer #abstractpainting #artist #instaart #artistsoninstagram https://www.instagram.com/p/ButhRFknBy-/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=b163usq4jdip

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Things in flux on the studio floor. The canvas may feel permanent, but I like to remember that the ideas themselves are fluid and open to reinterpretation. https://www.instagram.com/p/BsYMouAg1Hm/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1jbtsf06ua0dt

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So delighted to see photos of my work in the beautiful home of designer Kristin Tharpe, in the current issue of @homedesigndecor_triangle. Thank you again Kristin. Designer: @parker.tharpe Photos: @comerford.erin #artcollector #livingwithart #interiordesign #design #interiordecor #parkertharpe #interiors #abstractpainting https://www.instagram.com/p/Bp9xluSgIgV/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=i5d86a7pdnvm

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Our ability to perceive quality in nature begins, as in art, with the pretty. It expands through successive stages of the beautiful to values as yet uncaptured by language. — Aldo Leopold, from A Sand County Almanac #abstractart #contemporaryart #wip #danischafer #painting https://www.instagram.com/p/Bpkj6aKgriN/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=jk82krm0d26q

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things I keep going back to. — #abstract #painting #abstractart #drawing #sketch #sketchbook #moleskine #contemporaryart #mixedmedia #worksonpaper #contemporaryartist #collage #abstractpainting #lineart #artistsofinstagram https://www.instagram.com/p/BoePHiNhjm7/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=hylwqa2ay7h9

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good morning ☀️ — #wip #detail #yellow #abstract #painting #abstractart #line #drawing #contemporaryart #artwork #contemporaryartist #abstractpainting #artist #instaart #chasinglight #visualsoflife https://www.instagram.com/p/BoUDB53B123/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1se8lcg93y7gl

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