Home is Home, and everything else is Not Home.
My work is about Place. For me, no space is permanent and home is not a fixed entity. My paintings, constructed by combining my own memories with family photographs and historical images are primarily inspired by my summers spent in Lassen National Park, the only place that ever felt like home. I am interested in both the passage of time and the absence of it, therefore I approach time as non linear, envisioning collective encounters with places that encourage contemplation and reflection. Using landscape as a ubiquitous device for investigating my personal history, I explore the human desire to connect, to long for shelter and to belong. By juxtaposing abstraction with naturalism, I examine how we interpret the natural world, both familiar and foreign.
Danielle Winger was born in Reno, NV and has spent her life moving throughout the US, including 8 states and 14 cities. She received a Bachelor of Science in Textiles, Merchandising and Apparel Design from Middle Tennessee State University and a Master of Fine Arts in Studio Art: Painting from East Tennessee State University. She has participated in group and solo exhibitions in Tennessee, Ohio, Wisconsin and Indiana and was chosen as one of the artists for the High Art Billboard Project through the Arts Council of Indianapolis for 2019-2020. Winger is an adjunct professor at Ivy Tech Community College and currently resides in Indianapolis with her husband and two children.
My work is about Place. For me, no space is permanent and home is not a fixed entity. My paintings, constructed by combining my own memories with family photographs and historical images are primarily inspired by my summers spent in Lassen National Park, the only place that ever felt like home. I am interested in both the passage of time and the absence of it, therefore I approach time as non linear, envisioning collective encounters with places that encourage contemplation and reflection. Using landscape as a ubiquitous device for investigating my personal history, I explore the human desire to connect, to long for shelter and to belong. By juxtaposing abstraction with naturalism, I examine how we interpret the natural world, both familiar and foreign.
Danielle Winger was born in Reno, NV and has spent her life moving throughout the US, including 8 states and 14 cities. She received a Bachelor of Science in Textiles, Merchandising and Apparel Design from Middle Tennessee State University and a Master of Fine Arts in Studio Art: Painting from East Tennessee State University. She has participated in group and solo exhibitions in Tennessee, Ohio, Wisconsin and Indiana and was chosen as one of the artists for the High Art Billboard Project through the Arts Council of Indianapolis for 2019-2020. Winger is an adjunct professor at Ivy Tech Community College and currently resides in Indianapolis with her husband and two children.
