The Semi-Sweet Show 2022
“Semi-Sweet” features eight new paintings with Haven Gallery in Northport, New York concentrating on her female sitters
in beautiful, strong and confident poses.
Surrounded by delicate lace, flowers and fauna, Dann’s work depicts the dualities that are evident in life, emotion and the notion that not everything is what it seems. Such as the flowers that surround them, Dann’s female subjects lure you in with their beauty, vivid colors and grace. Many are shrouded in lace or muslin, masquerading innocence, yet what lies beneath is strength and valor. Like their floral accompaniments, Dann’s women express confidence and resilience and the ability to take on the odds. “Semi-Sweet” is a representation of these individuals while simultaneously conveying the emotional representation and journeys of love and growth.
Love and personal development are tumultuous with highs and lows. Dann’s portraits reflect the delicate, dualistic relationship between love and heartbreak, showing it can be beautiful, complex, and ruining.
“This series ‘Semi-Sweet’ is a somewhat playful expression of love and heartbreak. On it’s surface, my attempt is to organize this concept in a contemporary way with hints of beauty, design and feminine power, while it’s deeper meaning is a connection with life and death. Renewal and transformation.” Blended seamlessly within the female subjects, lies shadows of skeletons, representing the works deeper meaning:
the connection between life and death and how love, above all else, takes up the space in-between. Dann’s works shows the strength and persistence of women. Her pieces contain different textures and layers, such as the visible Birchwood medium, the use of lace barriers and
the underlying pattern of vintage wallpaper to represent the multifaceted nature of human beings and the many layers of their emotions
and experiences.
in beautiful, strong and confident poses.
Surrounded by delicate lace, flowers and fauna, Dann’s work depicts the dualities that are evident in life, emotion and the notion that not everything is what it seems. Such as the flowers that surround them, Dann’s female subjects lure you in with their beauty, vivid colors and grace. Many are shrouded in lace or muslin, masquerading innocence, yet what lies beneath is strength and valor. Like their floral accompaniments, Dann’s women express confidence and resilience and the ability to take on the odds. “Semi-Sweet” is a representation of these individuals while simultaneously conveying the emotional representation and journeys of love and growth.
Love and personal development are tumultuous with highs and lows. Dann’s portraits reflect the delicate, dualistic relationship between love and heartbreak, showing it can be beautiful, complex, and ruining.
“This series ‘Semi-Sweet’ is a somewhat playful expression of love and heartbreak. On it’s surface, my attempt is to organize this concept in a contemporary way with hints of beauty, design and feminine power, while it’s deeper meaning is a connection with life and death. Renewal and transformation.” Blended seamlessly within the female subjects, lies shadows of skeletons, representing the works deeper meaning:
the connection between life and death and how love, above all else, takes up the space in-between. Dann’s works shows the strength and persistence of women. Her pieces contain different textures and layers, such as the visible Birchwood medium, the use of lace barriers and
the underlying pattern of vintage wallpaper to represent the multifaceted nature of human beings and the many layers of their emotions
and experiences.
