Art Chowder November | December, Issue 18 | Page 10

Art Chowder: What types of
things do you create in these
small journals?
daniel: They are usually
something relevant to what’s
going on in my life at the time,
or something I want to vent a
little bit. Once I get the idea, I’ll
formulate it and figure out, how
do I say this? I know it sounds
cheesy but Bruce Lee had this
saying, “Simplicity is the key to
excellence.” So I try to get real
down to the point about stuff or
just try to vent without spewing
on people. If I buckle down, it
takes about three hours to do
one. Sometimes it takes longer.
If it’s a pen drawing I’ll usually
just chip away at those over the
course of a week.
Art Chowder: Please describe
your journey into becoming an
artist.
daniel: My journey into
becoming an artist … I’ve
been able to draw since I can
remember —since elementary
school, but I didn’t do much with
it until about eighth grade. I
took an art class and found out
that I was actually really good.
I took a few high school art
classes, but I eventually dropped
out of school at 17.
When I was 18 I got an
apprenticeship at a tattoo shop
in Southern California. That
lasted from ‘04 - ‘13. I really
hadn’t done any art at all.
Maybe a few things here and
there. When I came to Spokane
my first job was at a local coffee
shop washing dishes. Friends
and others encouraged my
art. Plus, life was calling me
to do something with it and it
escalated from there.
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