Daniel Merriam Fantasy
I really like Daniel Merriam. I first became acquainted with his work when he exhibited at a local gallery here in San Francisco about 3 years ago. I’d never really been a fan of so-called “fantasy art” (fairies and elves and whatnot), but in Merriam’s work there is a tension and energy you just don’t see in the fantasy genre. It owes, I think, to the interplay between light and dark forces — good and evil, if you will. Some of his pieces are evocative of the gargoyles and grotesques of Bosch.
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Others are as airy as Norman Rockwell meets Seurat.
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The most interesting pieces are the ones where both those elements are evident, but held in balance.
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