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Dan Minogue, a native Long Islander, has been an illustrator since graduating from the School of Visual Arts in 1983. His professional career has ranged from staff graphic artist to freelance illustrator to commissioned portrait painter. If something requires a pen or brush, he has done it. But his love of sports and creating sports art have given him his greatest artistic satisfaction. Although he mainly uses photographic references, he tries to bring out emotions and/or depth of feeling with the use of various illustrative techniques. Often a moment in time can be enhanced through the color and details provided by a artist's hand. He uses a wide variety of mediums to achieve his goals: oil & acrylic paint, airbrush, pencils, charcoals & pastels. He doesn't mind the long process because the end result is the satisfaction of doing something you love and having people enthusiastically encourage you to do more!
The stories his Father passed down to him about his beloved Brooklyn Dodgers, has left a lasting impression. Tales of Pete Reiser running into walls at full speed, the soft hands of Gil Hodges at firstbase, the disruptive base running of Jackie Robinson have all influenced the way Dan approaches his subjects and the manor in which he illustrates them. His Babe Ruth portrait expresses a man's individuality in a team sport, waiting quietly on the bench until his time to shine arrives. The Tom Seaver illustration was done on blue print paper to show how the team was designed around it's "Franchise" player. His detailed portrait of Roberto Clemente was done with colored pencils on black paper and worked from dark to light to bring out tones seldom achieved with a brush. These are some of the ways an artist can make his work unique and achieve a distinct mood or feeling through the artist's personal expression. After completing the original paintings or drawings, he immediately has prints made so he can have the originals signed by the subjects themselves (if still living), this has lead to a collection including some of the greatest ballplayers of the past century, including: DiMaggio, Williams, Mantle, Musial, Seaver, Yaztremski, Jeter & Wright, which will no doubt be passed on to his children, along with stories of the good old days.
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