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INTERNATIONAL ARTIST MAGAZINE AWARD WINNER

INTERNATIONAL ARTIST MAGAZINE AWARD WINNER

Monumental scenes

F

lorida-based realist painter Dan
Remmel is recognized for his highly
detailed landscape and neon sign paintings.
His neon sign works are photorealistic
while he describes his landscape pieces
as a bit more intuitive and stylized. The
latter artwork relates to his travels abroad
to locations across Europe and South
America. “They’re all kind of monumental
scenes,” he says. “I’ve always been drawn to
the immense. I like Hudson River School
painters...They were painting large vistas.”
Remmel’s painting, he explains, is rooted
in Old Master techniques but updated for
acrylics. Having done a lot of illustrations
and work as a muralist, as well as training

at formal art schools, Remmel finds he has

a solid foundation from which to work.

“I work primarily from my own photographs.

Sometimes I’ll do a sketch on site, but not a

lot because I’m usually not in any place for

very long,” he says. “I think it’s important to

capture a scene at the right time of day. It

makes a lot of difference. Usually [I paint]

early morning light or the late afternoon. As

far as scenes, whatever I consider beauty is

what I like to paint.”

Among the artist’s works is Iguassu

Morning, which is his first painting of Iguassu

Falls in South America. “I like the tiered effect

of the water,” he explains. “Counterintuitively

the falls actually become smaller as they

advance toward the foreground.”

Remmel also paints interior scenes, such

as the work Café in Trieste. “It harkens

back to M.C. Escher in the reflections in

the mirrored bar,” the artist says. He adds

that the composition was derived from

the combination of three photographs he

took, noting, “The James Joyce Café is a

cool place to hang out. I try to keep my

paintings fresh looking, so once they reach

a certain level of technical competence

I stop painting and call them finished.”

Remmel was the Third Prize Winner of

International Artist magazine’s Challenge

No. 95, Seascapes, Rivers & Lakes.

DAN REMMEL

North Palm Beach, FL | (561) 385-6369

[email protected] | http://www.danremmelartist.com

1
Dan Remmel
in his studio.

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Iguassu Morning,
acrylic, 60 x 40"

3
Café in Trieste,
acrylic, 24 x 72"

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