The artist was born in Clemenceau, Arizona now devoured by the recent growth of Cottonwood. Always driven by art Dan has studied under desert painter, John Hilton; Claire Fry, the teacher of Norman Rockwell; the Russian Impressionist, Sergei Bongart and the desert Impressionist, Diane McClary. He side-stepped his painting for nearly 20 years with his own art studio as he became known as a California warm and cold glass artist for the influential of the Inland Empire of Southern California, as well as the Museum of Television and Radio, Beverly Hills; Disney Studios, Universal Studios, and Warner...more