Dana DeKalb, Utopia, acrylic on canvas 30” x 30"
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Mary Corbin for 48 Hills, September 29, 2023
Is artist Dana DeKalb telling us new, fantastical stories—or reflecting our own back to us? Contemplative imagination, miracles afoot, or cautionary tale? All these notions may be true. In paintings that are mostly small in size, her attentive illustrative technique draws us in, where an unfolding intimate fable keeps us there.
DeKalb was born in Sumatra, Indonesia and grew up in New York, Karachi, Pakistan, and Australia. Her father was a petroleum engineer for Standard Oil, Esso, and Exxon and was posted to mostly developing countries. DeKalb says this constant movement left her with an appreciation for other cultures and different ways of looking at the world. Read More... |