| “Walter Daniels: Mining Series and Portraits" at CCAI’s Caffeine! Gallery
Capital City Arts Initiative's Caffeine! Gallery at Comma Coffee presents “Walter Daniels: Mining Series and Portraits" during the month of September. There will be a reception on Wednesday, September 7; from 5 to 6 p.m. Comma Coffee is located in Carson City's historic downtown at 312 Carson Street across from the State Legislature Building. The exhibition and reception are free and the public is cordially invited. The exhibition features narrative portraits of coal miners done in oil by local artist Walter Daniels. “I love to bring back the emotions of real people from moments in time that have passed by,” says Daniels.
Mr. Daniels, inspired at the age of 10 by an older cousin, began drawing cartoons and experimenting with charcoal. At the age of 13 he started painting. He continued to paint seriously on canvas through college. Thereafter, his painting was set aside as a hobby. In the 1970’s geology and mining attracted his attention. In this intimate atmosphere he struck it rich in his observations of the miners and the emotions they evoked. In the 1990’s he renewed his interest in painting.
Mr. Daniels is a member of the Nevada Artist Association and shows his work at several galleries in northern Nevada. He makes his home in Carson City, Nevada with his wife and children.
Caffeine! is a project sponsored by the Capital City Arts Initiative and Comma Coffee. Caffeine! presents month-long exhibitions of work by local artists.
The Capital City Arts Initiative is an artist-centered organization committed to the encouragement and support of artists and the arts and culture of Carson City and the surrounding region through community building and public programs. Its activities include contemporary art exhibitions, live events and arts education programs for the area’s diverse adult and youth populations.
CCAI is funded in part by the Carson City Redevelopment Authority; the Nevada Arts Council and the National Endowment for the Arts; the James W. Calhoun Foundation; Gayle Crowell; Carson High School; Carson Valley Veterinary Hospital; Carson City Library; Nevada Hispanic Services-Carson City; CCAI's Board of Directors; BrAG, CCAI's 'Brilliant Advisory Group' and CCAI's growing membership. CCAI extends special thanks to Joe McCarthy, Carson City Public Safety Complex/Carson City Courthouse, Comma Coffee, Capital City Entertainment and Simpson Creative.
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For additional information visit CCAI’s website at www.arts-initiative.org.
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