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.
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.”
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
