Birds of a Feather: Faith, Democracy, and Nature
2026 — Left Stage, Exit Right: Free from ARTifICE
I draw from what I witness.
For thirteen years, my Social Art Projects have sketched Edmonton’s civic theatre — its beauty, tensions, contradictions, and humanity. This year marks a shift. Left Stage, Exit Right steps away from performance and permission, returning to raw, public, democratic storytelling.
I work in the open: in hearings, markets, lobbies, and streets — drawing the moments institutions prefer to keep backstage. Through cartoons, paintings, and field notes, I document the gestures, theatrics, systems, and people that shape our shared life. The Painter. Continued...
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Truth, Beauty, Freedom, Love
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Eye on Red, Italian Coffee Pot
#4, Mixed Medium, March, 2026
A collision of warning signals and domestic ritual, this work continues the Eye on Red series—an ongoing response to global conflict and local Indigenous realities. Daniel’s street‑corner beat threads the perimeter, his cadence tapping like a rail‑line pulse: word‑up, wake‑up, world‑on‑edge.
The feminine silhouette of the Italian coffee pot, drawn from the Birds of a Feather project, becomes a vessel for Faith, Democracy, and Nature under pressure. Around it, his lines move like breath against the metal—quick, human, unfiltered—echoing the way we steady ourselves in a city that never stops negotiating its own truths.
Layers of text, texture, and improvisation trace the tension between a world in crisis and the quiet, everyday acts that keep communities grounded. Also known as the Ukrainian Sausage, Daniel’s words don’t just decorate the edges; they frame Eye on Red series into a warning, hope and healing.
