V I C T O R I A   D A N I E L

              
 Daisy                                                    Su Su
 23.5" High                                             24.5" High
 Bronze                                                  Bronze

                  
     At Rest                                              Water Nymph
22" High                                                  30" High
 Bronze                                                     Bronze

"Victoria Daniel began her career in the Arts as a professional dancer, appearing in countless musicals on the legitimate stage and in numerous television shows.  She was a featured dancer in several major motion pictures, including "Mame," "Camelot" and Bob Fosse's "Sweet Charity."  She even got to rock and roll in half a dozen films with Elvis Presley.  All of those years of ballet and jazz classes have given Vicky a first hand knowledge of the body and how it feels in motion, along with a true understanding of the use of gesture to convey emotion.  Her experience as a performer has helped to infuse her work in bronze with a spirited theatricality that few others working in the medium can obtain.  Vicky's formal art training in life drawing and painting which she studied Art Center School of Design and UCLA.  She first got her hands in the clay by throwing ceramic pots.  Soon those simple pots became Victorian ladies' faces with bonnets that functioned as vases for bouquets of fresh flowers.  These original designs in pottery proved to be immensely popular at arts and crafts fairs all over Southern California.  Her studies over the years with master sculptors Bruno Lichessi, Don Gale, Robert Cunningham and Harriet Hochberg have enhanced her technique as an artist, but that special something underneath that sets her work apart was taught at the American School of Dance and learned from choreographers like Bob Fosse and Michael Kidd.   The Body remembers........"

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