ARTIST STATEMENT

Through the simplicity of a reduced palette and soft brushwork, I seek a primal beauty.  I aim for an aesthetic that evokes a sense of stillness and stimulates reflection.  My minimalist abstractions represent landscapes that exist both within our minds and beyond our perceptual reality.  

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EDUCATION

Ph.D.   University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, IL                                  In Progress
            Ph.D. Candidate in Philosophy

BA       Brooklyn College, Brooklyn, NY                                                         May 2019
            Major: Philosophy
            Minor: Psychology
 
MFA   Parsons School of Design, New York, NY                                         May 2005
            Major: Fine Arts
             
BFA    Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA                         May 1999
            Major: Painting and Printmaking

Contact:  durso.dan@gmail.com

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