Daniel Wise, PSA is a professional fine artist living in the Washington DC metro area who works in soft (dry) pastel and oil. He is a Signature Member of the Pastel Society of America (PSA) and Maryland Pastel Society, a charter member of the Washington Society of Landscape Painters, and a member of the American Impressionists Society, Mid-Atlantic Plein Air Painters, Allied Artists of America, and Audubon Artists.


Daniel grew up in Colorado where his love of the landscape developed. As early as he can remember, he spent weekends and summers in the wilderness with his family often camping in remote areas where—at the time—few people cared to venture. When asked why he doesn’t often put people in his paintings he says, “many of my paintings are about the landscape and when a landscape includes figures, the figures become the subject and the landscape becomes the backdrop.”

Daniel considers himself to be a perpetual student of art stating that he has only “begun to learn” how to paint. After studying at Pratt Institute, Daniel earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts (BFA) in painting and drawing from the University of Denver and a Master of Business Administration (MBA) from Cardinal Stritch University. Additional studies include: Denver Art Students’ League, The Art League in Alexandria, Virginia, and workshops with Kim Lordier, Albert Handell, and Scott Christensen.

 

The Basics

Daniel Wise

Fine Artist

Soft (Dry) Pastel and Oil

Landscape, Figure, and Portrait

Composition of Outdoor Painting

by Edgar Payne

Alla Prima: Everything I Know About Painting by Richard Schmid

NYC and Siena, Italy

Daniel’s Studio


Columbia Pike Artist Studios
932 S Walter Reed Dr
Arlington, VA 22204

 

About Daniel

Washington Park, Denver • 12x16 • Pastel on prepared panel