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Dani Dodge  Media: Acryilc, Watercolor
 The Company of Strangers
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As a journalist, Dani Dodge saw the devastation of landscapes and the degradation of humanity. After covering the war in Iraq in 2003, she found words weren't enough. She turned to art.
Dani began in watercolor but now often works in layers – acrylic paint over crayon and ink drawings, over spray-painted poetry, over collaged ephemera such as maps – to express the complexity of her primary subject – the searching soul. She is drawn to the human form, its structure, elegance and inability to hide meaning. Her works often depict a single female figure, painted in a raw, textural manner that challenges the viewer to find the story in their own hearts.
Dani embarked on her artistic journey by seeking out the masters of each skill she required to tell her stories in paint, learning mainly in workshops across the country. Her paintings have been widely recognized and celebrated for their unique perspective. In 2009 alone, her work was included in several national juried shows, and she won 15 awards. Dani explores the beautiful in the tragic, the remarkable in the mundane, the feeling within the form. She seeks to see beyond objects and objectivity, and to find the elusive truth of the human soul by painting outside the lines.
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