D.A. Hartley
My life has been driven by art. The artist eye looks to nature for inspiration, and then artist within translates these insights into an art work. Anything may appear onto the paper or canvas. The artist may channel the past, the present, or the future.I am a Reiki healer, and use healing in my art process. As a artist and healer, I address the healing of our planet. I try to approach Climate Change, and our damaged environment, more as a spiritual issue. First we have to heal ourselves, and by doing so we will become aware of the reality of the global stress that humanity has caused.
I studied at the Art Students League, NYC, with professional artists of New York. I have a BA degree in Art, yet found my voice with my BA in Philosophy, and a Masters Degree in Fine Art.
My business has been painting murals. My favorite project I painted with my son, the children's floor, Children's Hospital, Central Valley. (www.dahartley.com).
I have a California teaching credential in Art, longing to share my experiences as a professional artist.
I have lived in the mountains of the Sierra's in California, and at the sea in Monterey, and Santa Barbara. In New York City when I was young, and a few years ago, on the island of Kauai, teaching children with autism. I currently live in Oakdale, CA.
CURRICULUM VITAE
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SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2008 Water! Conley Gallery, Installation, Fresno, CA.
2003 Wisdom and Compassion, Dean’s Gallery, Installation, Fresno
2002 Temporal Man in Nature, Cort Gallery, Three Rivers, CA.
2000 Blocked, Gloria Olive District Gallery, Fresno, CA.
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2012 Spiritual Art, Beach Side Gallery, Santa Barbara, CA.
2012 Spring Obsession, Ironstone Gallery, Murphys, CA.
2012 Stanislaus County Studio Tour, Bonsack Gallery, Oakdale, CA.
2011 Evening of Vines and Easels, Soroptimist Int. Art Show, Ripon
2011 Spring Show, Mislin Gallery, Modesto, CA.
2010 Water, Flowers & Inner Light, Janene Gallery, San Luis Obispo
2004 Icons, Fourth Street Studio Gallery, 3-woman show Berkeley
2004 The World in Abstraction, 3-person show, Easel Heads Gallery
COLLECTIONS
Kaweah Delta Hospital, 4 paintings, Visalia, CA.
Sierra Imaging Center, 2 paintings, Visalia, CA.
Works held in private collections in the United States
SELECTED COMMISSIONS
2008 Bronze Dome, mural, Fresno, CA. Private Collection
2005 Center for Integrated Medicine, Mural, Visalia, CA.
2005 Portrait commission, Tulare, CA. Private Collection
2004 Children’s Hospital, Central Valley, Full Floor Murals
2001 Hanford Fox Theatre, exterior tiles and restoration
2000 Kaweah Delta Hospital, Medicinal Herb Garden
Education:
2017 Technology Degree: Entertainment and Design
2013 Single Subject Teaching Credential, Art, K - 12
2013 Single Subject Teaching Credential, Art, K - 12
California State University, Stanislaus, Turlock
2008 Master
of Art, Fine Art, New Media
California State University, Fresno, CA.
2003 Bachelor
of Art, Fine Art, Honors
Bachelor of Art, Philosophy, Honors
California State University, Fresno, CA.
President’s
List
Dean’s List
Teaching Experience
2016 - 2017 Santa Barbara Junior High School, Santa Barbara, CA.
2013 - 2016 Ripon High School, Ripon, CA,
2013 Daniel J. Savage Middle School, Modesto, CA.
Art
Survey/Drawing, Color/Design, Digital Art, 3-D
2012 Oakdale High School, Oakdale, CA.
2004 - 2012 State
of Hawaii, State of California, Hawaii
2002 Fresno
Metropolitan Museum, Artist as Witness, taught drawing
1997 - 2012 D.A.
Hartley Designs, taught art lessons to students of all ages