TRENDS: DANIEL MEYER

Daniel Meyer creates lively and spirited sculptures through a combination of limitless imagination and impeccable artisanship. Meyer's figures take on an abstract-futuristic form, mixing a variety of woods, metals and found objects; his use of subjects along with a kaleidoscope of bold color patterns and lustrous finishes testify to his masterful technique. His dazzling sculptures show a playful sense of humor and a melodic sense of movement. Color, technique and subject are all reflected in his mesmerizing paintings and sculptures. The style is consistent while his imaginative applications are so diverse, so unbelievably creative and always so provocatively amusing that his stamp is without parallel.

Dan Meyer cannot put together such remarkable combinations of materials without creating fresh, wonderfully quixotic works of unforgettable art. Working with such unusual combinations of materials it is impossible for this industrious artist not to find new ways to bring his unique talents into play. It is always a happy challenge for him to accept commissions to incorporate specific musical instruments. These are tests and stimulants for his imagination and spark his artistic sensibilities. No idea, he maintains, is so unusual as to obviate a challenge. He runs with new challenges and welcomes such demands.

A native of Chicago who received experience at Chicago's famous School of the Art Institute and the American Academy of Art, plus the College of DuPage and the Naguib School of Sculpture, Dan has emerged with a distinctive and recognizable style. An innovative sculptor and painter, he brings his extraordinary talent to every work with constantly renewed vigor and enthusiasm. Quiet and unassuming, he "explodes" via his work in his own wonderfully creative world.

In 1992, following Andy Warhol and Romero Britto, Meyer was the Artist of the Year in the award winning Absolut Vodka advertising campaign. The acclaimed Absolut Art collection includes many of the foremost contemporary artists of our time and is respected throughout the world.

The celebrated designer, Carleton Varney President of Dorothy Draper & Co., and known throughout the world as "the designer of resorts" commissioned a sculpture from Meyer on behalf of the Greenbrier Resort in White Sulphur Springs, WV. This magnificent sculpture is 12 feet in height, 8 feet wide and 6 feet deep.