Daniel Gerhartz
Artist, Dan Gerhartz, was born in Kewaskum,
Wisconsin in 1965. He
continues to live and work in the same area with his wife and three
children. Dan received his
formal training at the Academy of Art in Chicago.
He also studied with Richard Schmid and has been inspired by
Russian, European and American masters including Nicolai Fechin, John
Singer Sargent and Joaquin Sorolla.
Dan's deep, rich palette tones are perfectly suited
to his impressionistic style. His
subject matter is drawn from "everyday life, genre subjects,
sacred-idyllic landscapes or figures in quiet repose, meditation or
contemplative isolation." This
talented young artist is a member of the National Academy of Western Art
and the Northwest Rendezvous Group.
He is highly regarded and acclaimed by his fellow artists and is
a sought after instructor of workshops at the Fechin Institute in Taos
and The Scottsdale Artists' School.
Articles have appeared about Dan in publications such as Southwest
Art, Art of the West and Plein Air
Magazine.
Gerhartz's paintings exude a sense of quiet majesty
and peaceful introspection. He
says of his work, "My desire as an artist is that the images I
paint would point to the Creator; and not to me, the conveyor.
J.S. Bach said it well as he signed his work, 'Soli Deo Gloria,' To God alone be the Glory."
