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Danielle Eubank is an oil painter from Occidental, a small coastal town in Northern California. She is best known for her undulating, ‘close up’ paintings of water that are remarkable for the way they capture the personality of the subject. Her work is modern, some say formalist, although it is strongly rooted in the realm of figurative art. In her paintings of water, she uses reflections to enhance the composition and approach the subject of light. Her artistic vision has always been influenced by the intensely rich and varied landscape that surrounded her in her formative years: the rugged, dramatic Pacific coast; the dank, purple-shaded Redwood groves; the vineyards and golden hills of California. Her outlook and career have a strong international character and, from studios in London and Los Angeles, she travels the world to find the rich subject matter that characterizes her work. 
Danielle Eubank, London 2003 photo: Tom Crew | 
Val d'Isére France In 2004 she was invited to participate in the international Borobudur Ship Expedition. As Expedition Artist, she traveled 10,000 miles with the replica 8th century Indonesian wooden boat from Indonesia to Seychelles, Madagascar, South Africa, and Ghana, painting and drawing. The boat was of a design based on stone relief carvings found on the ancient Buddhist temple at Borobudur on the island of Java. The unique body of work she produced during this epic voyage (over 100 paintings and photographs) was subsequently presented at a solo exhibition held at Thompson’s Gallery in central London. | |
| In 2005, a group of five collectors sent Eubank to the island of Bali for 3 months to create a series of 20 paintings. Based in Ubud, a centre of traditional arts, she was able to immerse herself in the local culture, people, seascape and artistic heritage of the island—all of which is celebrated in the work she created there. | ||
The following year she painted the portrait of General Sir Peter de la Billiere that hangs in the foyer of the Naval and Military Club in London. It was unveiled by His Royal Highness Prince General Khaled bin Sultan bin Abdulaziz of Saudi Arabia in May, 2007. In the same Spring, Thompson’s Gallery, London, hosted her second large solo show, with over 40 paintings. |
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Standard Chartered Bank recently commissioned Eubank to produce a portrait for its new headquarters in London, currently under construction. The painting will be part of an international traveling show before it is hung in the London office. |
above: shooting documentary interview. photo: Colin Moore | |
| Eubank has been asked to be the Expedition Artist for the Phoenician Ship Expedition 2008-2009. The replica 600BC ship will sail from the Mediterranean through the Suez Canal, around Africa and back into the Mediterranean. Then it will sail to London to be part of the British Museum exhibition about the ancient Phoenicians. | ||
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| She holds a postgraduate degree in fine art from UCLA in Los Angeles and she has worked for some of the largest media corporations in the world including Microsoft and the BBC. |
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above: Danielle with General Sir Peter de la Billiere and His Royal Highness Prince General Khaled bin Sultan bin Abdulaziz of Saudi Arabia in May, 2007. Photo: Jan Baldwin |
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