August 31, 2023
Creative Contemplation
S2E6 Dan Finaldi
Creative Contemplation podcast host & creator, Suzanne Lago Arthur interviews realist painter and arts educator, Daniel "Dan" Finaldi, about his work and life and his decades long friendship with two of his greatest mentors, Lois Dodd and Mel Leipzig.
Website: www.danielfinaldi.com
Instagram: @danfinaldi
Bio:
American painter Daniel "Dan" Finaldi, holds an M.F.A. from Brooklyn College where he studied with such realist luminaries as Lennart Anderson, Lois Dodd and Philip Pearlstein and a holds a B.F.A. from S.U.N.Y at New Paltz, New York.
Dan's work has been exhibited in various museums & galleries including the Morris Museum, the Cape Cod Museum of Art, Ellarslie City Museum of Trenton and Dacia Gallery in NYC among others.
Host Bio:
Suzanne Lago Arthur is a contemporary realist painter from Northern Virginia. Born in Puerto Rico to Cuban-American parents, her artistic explorations were nurtured from an early age by her family.
Through her paintings Suzanne explores the themes of beauty, transience and memory. She has exhibited both nationally and internationally in such venues as the Corcoran Gallery of Art and Art Museum of the Americas in Washington DC, the United States Interests Section, Havana, Cuba and in art galleries across the United States. She holds a BFA from the Corcoran School of Art and an MA in Museum Studies from George Washington University.
Website: lago arthur studio
Instagram: Suzanne Lago Arthur (@lagoarthurstudio)
Logo design by Elisa Nader, Mag7
Artwork, "Abby in Contemplation" by artist Suzanne Lago Arthur
Music by Up North Music
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