About the Artist

Daniel J. Lynch (b. 1980) considers himself an impressionist in the manner of the "Boston School." When most people think of Impressionism, they think of bright colors and loose brushwork. Impressionism, in the artist's vernacular, refers to the way the natural world appears to the human eye. It goes beyond mere photographic copying, to a more profound study of relationships between color, light, and edge quality. In essence, the impression of light upon the eye is what is painted. This, however, does not necessitate that fine draftsmanship, personified by such French artists as Ingres, Gerome, and Bouguereau, be sacrificed.

Historically noteworthy Impressionists include the group of Americans, who after going to Paris in the latter part of the 19th century for training (the best "Atelier" schools of Academic and Impressionistic influences being available there), returned to the states as truly educated and capable fine artists.   Many of the best American artists sequestered themselves for years in New England and became known as "The Boston School." Notable figures include William McGregor Paxton (1869-1941), Joseph DeCamp (1858-1923), Frank W. Benson (1862-1951), Edmund C. Tarbell (1862-1938).

In spite of the modern painters of the 20th century that rejected the value of representational art, the heritage of these classical training principles has endured to the present.  Like in France, small art schools run by master painters, were formed in America to teach aspiring artists how to see and represent accurately the world around them. The Boston area, being a bastion of this heritage, was home to R.H. Ives Gammell (1893-1981), who studied with Paxton. He made it his life's work to ensure that the cumulative knowledge of western art did not die. He instructed many young painters in his atelier who later went on to teach their own pupils. As a result of Gammell and his student's efforts, there is a groundswell of renewed interest in traditional Western Art, in both painters and collectors alike.

Daniel was raised surrounded with beautiful artworks of this heritage (his father owned and managed an art gallery for 8 years known as the Heritage Art Gallery of Classical Realism). Seeing Daniel's talent at an early age, his parents encouraged participation in a childhood education program through an Atelier school in Minnesota. This pioneering and developing childhood correspondence course exposed Daniel to some of the fundamental principles of the Atelier training method.  He continued to produce art through his high school years winning local awards along the way. He went to Bowling Green State University and developed further in their fine art department while majoring in graphic design. Later deciding to pursue his life long passion of representational art, he went to Paul Ingbretson (a student of Gammell's) in Manchester, NH  to study the cumulative knowledge and practical instruction that the great figures of western art have left us. After studying with Mr. Ingbretson for three years, Daniel now lives and paints in Denver Colorado.