Dana Simon’s work is figurative, and her vibrant energetic colors conveys great feeling. Working with materials like wood, Plexiglas and plaster life casts, she has created a way to break through limits set by the two dimensional form. Dana Simon has Usher’s Syndrome a progressive condition that affects both her sight and hearing.
”When I painted these works I still had good central vision, I had problems with depth perception and tunnel vision. These works use high contrast colors and large shapes. As I have a progressive condition and my vision has changed my work is always changing.”
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- Dancer, (front view) Mobile of wood/ wire and acrylic, 70 x 40, copyright Dana Simon 1992 — The female form spins beneath the face, creating a feeling of grace and motion.
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- Fish Jumped Over the Cat: Lifecasts, mixed media on canvas. 32 in. x 26 in., copyright Dana Simon 1990. — A seated figure is playing with a bold black and white striped cat. The mystery fish is somewhere in the background.
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- Celestial Vibration: Life casts, mixed media on canvas. 32 in. x 40 in. copyright Dana Simon 1990. Branches, twigs and other elements swirl and radiate around the Serene face of a woman that floats in an aqua and shadowy pool.
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- Spiral: Life casts, mixed media on canvas. 38 in.x 52 in. copyright Danasimon 1990. An astral yellow spiral painted on a sextant (six sided) frame. Fragments of a figure whirl inside the spiral into infinity.
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- Soundwaves, Lifecasts/ wood/ wire/ acrylic on canvas, 40 x 40, copyright 1988 by Dana Simon — Representing a person that is blowing in a wave of sound. Fragments of a figure are scattered throughout the painting.
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- Yellow Sheets. Life casts, wood, acrylic on canvas. 66 x 90. copyright 1987 by Dana Simon. A man and a woman are twisted in the sheets incorporates the three-dimensional life casts with cut wood pieces exploring sexuality and the bed as art.