Danny Ratcliff is an emerging artist on the international scene. Once a well kept secret of Northeastern Ohio, Mr. Ratcliff\u2019s\u00a0artwork\u00a0is now being enjoyed by customers around the globe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Ratcliff paints traditional\/ classical realism paintings with a romantic flair. He attempts to explore a full range of value with every project. He has studied at the Cleveland Institute of Art, the former Cooper School of Art, at Kent State University, and the University of Akron. Ratcliff prefers portraiture which he considers his forte. During his studies he learned that developing a beautiful painting is almost a prerequisite to painting a good\u00a0portrait.\u00a0However, Ratcliff\u2019s works demonstrate that he has mastered many of the art mediums. In fact, he works in oils, pastels, and charcoals to explore the genre it best suits, whether it is romantic realism or surrealism, often creating ethnic art and artwork that serves as a representation of a story within his original realism portrait artwork. Ratcliff\u2019s Self Portrait in Oil earned third place in the prestigious exhibit at the Akron Society of Artist’s<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Fifth Annual Grand Exhibition. His best known work, Generations of Love, is a painting of a family reunion at a park that conveys the sustaining joy of kinship, not so much through captured gestures, but through delicate strokes of subdued yellows and greens. Ratcliff states, \u201cI like doing it all. I am passionately attached to the idea of creating a work of art.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Since the popularity of Generations of Love, he has gone on to paint other family scenes as well as murals in Akron and Cleveland. He has also been doing shows in Columbus, Atlanta, Philadelphia, and Detroit, and has been declared Best of Show in many instances, gaining recognition for his original realism portrait artwork and participation in portraiture artist shows in Ohio and beyond.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Mr. Ratcliff has a series of prints available of Reunion scenes, Religious topics, and Children including family reunion scene painting prints and religious subject art prints. He also has interest in starting his own gallery and art school.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“I paint traditional\/ classical realism with a romantic flair.
I attempt to explore a full range or value with every project.\u00a0 To ensure that the overall design is well established, I rapidly execute abstract concepts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
If my project is pastel or charcoal, I use gesture drawing to develop the entire composition before targeting any detail and then I smear the entire page with a rag or towel. If it’s a charcoal drawing, I rework the drawing and pull out the highlights with a kneaded eraser to give it strength.\u00a0 If it’s a pastel, I add rich color to give it brilliance.\u00a0 When starting an oil painting, I build the design as quickly as possible using nothing but abstract shapes, ensuring the entire canvas is covered in the first sitting.\u00a0 It may take several layers before the painting is complete.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Life plus imagination gives us endless resources for making beautiful and exciting works of art.\u00a0 Many of my favorite topics start with a family theme.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Almost any topic depicting people in a social, intimate arrangement will appeal to me.\u00a0 I enjoy painting still-life arrangements.\u00a0 My greatest passion, however, is creating portrait arrangements that will allow me to capture the soul, essence and personality of the subject I choose to portray.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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