Daniel Adams is an accomplished and reknowned artist that has settled in the Rio Grande Valley in Texas. He has won hundreds of awards, has won Best of Show awards in several different media, was head of an art department for Disney World, has drawn over two hundred thousand people, has taught different art processes, juried shows, and designed the Challenger license plate for the State of Florida(the proceeds built the Astronaut Memorial at Cape Canaveral). He also designed the Official Flag for Orange County, Florida. Founding member of "The Open Arts Alliance". Art Gallery owner. Winner of "Idea of the Year" at Walt Disney World. Art Director for Metrovision Motion Picture Studios. Winner of several poster design competitions. Received the "Ambassador's Award" from the Astronauts' Memorial Foundation, their highest honor to bestow.
He believes many of the problems of the world can be solved through the arts.
"Go forth each day with creativity and positive thoughts and change your world."
Museum Exhibitions
"Morse Gallery of Art" Rollins College, Florida
"Art Gallery" Georgia College in Milledgeville
"Davidson County Museum" in Lexington, North Carolina
"Danville Museum of Fine Arts" Danville, Virginia
"Orlando Museum of Art" (Loch Haven Art Center)
"Art Gallery" Valencia Community College, Orlando, Florida
Art in the Collection of the Orange County Historical Museum
Art in the Edinburgh Historical Museum
A few thoughts by the Artist
My grandmother once told me so many years ago in my childhood that I was an "artist." That moment perhaps changed my life. Or maybe it clarified it. Being a creative individual is like a search for the "Holy Grail." So many difficulties to overcome. So many times "I have arrived" only to discover that one is just still searching, exploring, trying to achieve something intangible. Trying to achieve something totally magical, and when it is achieved it seems like it happens effortlessly. Forget all the sweat, pain, studying, and endless analyzing, it just seems to flow and it is so sweet when it happens and you are captured by that particular moment, only to realize that it is in that moment that defines ones sense of self. Thanks Grandma.
It is a long list and off the top of my head they are:
Mr. McMinn, Lynn Hunt, Jess Rubio, Lee Nestler, Scotty McCrimmin, Theo Wojyk, Steve Estes, John Raya, Harlan Butt, Charles Lewton Brain, Eleanor Moty, Keith Howard, Carol Wax, Jauneth Skinner, Barbara Joiner, Lucinda Brogden, Rochelle Theiwes, Sandy Blain, Mary Ann Scherr, Dee Deloy, Greg Figura, Joe Rivera, Miss Coveney, Ann Jensen, Rae Ellen Plankey, Mark Grooms, Rose Zettler, Mike Adams, Rhonda Counts, Ralph Kalishefski, Lois Gail,The Frogman, Jack Marler, Madeline Landing Potts, Kate Lee, Gil Ogden, Mary Phillips, Rico Prospero, Lonnie Parker, Cheryl Stewart, Cheryl Turner, Mary Elizabeth Jones, Michael Mojher, Arthur Gann, Mary Whittle, Debbie Littledeer, Michael Huey, Greg Gray, Betty Brown, Nelson Nichols, Roy Zotter, Jane Polgar, Bill Stiles, Perry Russell, Harry Holt, Naoko Hahn, Betty Reeves, Mary Hartwig, Bill Russell, Harvey Brown, Lynn Stauffer, Judy Coffman, Jack Armstrong, Betty Grant, Elizabeth Rothwell, Gayle Goodsen, Reba Johnson, Harry Holt, Paulo Rivera, John Salustro, Bill Connelly, Duncan McClellan, Patricia Karnes, Tony Bennett, Minette Webber, Dave Neville,