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 Alan
Daniels was born in Stockport in the North
of England and studied fine art/sculpture
at Maidstone College of Art in Kent. After
graduating he traveled extensively
throughout Europe.
It was here that he discovered his
affinity for drawing heavenly hussys,
initially in an erotic Alice’s
Wonderland series and then in a more
idealized pin-up fashion. These paintings
and drawings were exhibited in England and
Germany.
He resettled in England and worked for a
while on science–fiction paintings for
the Young Artists agency and airbrushed
pin-up art for galleries and publications
such as Penthouse, Playboy, Mayfair, Zoom,
Avante Guarde, Omni. Club International
and Men Only. The connection to California
began to form whilst doing work with Paper
Moon Graphics in Los Angeles.
While touring America he fell in love with
California and moved to a town north west
of Los Angeles where the cost of his
lifestyle took him so much by surprise he
developed his technical illustration style
but continued to do science fiction
illustration. The pin-up ladies started to
develop futuristic overtones during the
work he did for Blade Runner. At this time
work for pin-up magazines was becoming
less acceptable as what was being asked
for was no longer erotic. The technical
style that had been developed now
supported him and many others with
illustration work.
Returning to the ladies, they are now
somewhat of a contrast to the idealistic
airbrush renderings of his earlier work,
the atmosphere was too antiseptic and
failed to leave room for emotion. The
darker feeling that is now evident is to
allow for what is not always apparent.
Initially the girls were perfect icons
drawn from the male fantasy of the female
form, the Hussys now are more of the girl
next door, and someone you could hold a
conversation with. These are not in peril,
submissive girls, they are self assured
women with the most interesting forms of
soft curves against hard lines.
When producing his sculpture-electronic
environmental pieces- the most important
pieces were always the ones that appeared
in his dreams, the Hussys come to life in
a similar fashion dictating how they
should look, the attitudes they posses and
he situations they want to be in
He still lives in California with his
family who are an inspiration to the
working of his ladies.
These
drawings and paintings are a return to what he
wants to paint and a way of regaining control
over what he does paint.
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