About Daniel Baxter

Daniel Baxter is a graduate of Parsons School of Design. He’s worked for decades as an award-winning illustrator, and his work has appeared in hundreds of publications and books. Projects have included a branding campaign for The New York Times, as well as book covers for the NPR Music Series. In recent years, he’s turned his love for drawing toward more personal work. He creates drawings on pre-existing printed material such as maps, music sheets, and old book pages. He is currently involved with several upcoming exhibits. Daniel Lives in Red Hook NY, in the Hudson Valley.

Artist Statement

I’m fascinated by two of the earliest forms of human abstract thought, map-making and picture-making. Having grown up around maps, I’ve always been intrigued by the mystery behind what cartography represents. With my own background in illustration, I’ve had a life-long passion for drawing and picture-making. I’m interested in what can be conveyed when maps and pictures are intermingled in one image. What can come out of the marriage of two forms of abstract thought? In my process, I find pre-existing maps, and meditate on what they represent to me, in both a macro and micro sense. In treating these cartographic images as canvases, they become  a springboard for exploring a variety of themes: identity, national and local pride, history, nature, politics etc. Each map transforms into a window of sorts, with an observation about the place it represents.  In one sense, I’m exploring the world vicariously through maps. In another sense, I’m hoping to land on truths that resonate with myself and the viewer.

 

Exhibitions

2024

  • Summer City, WAAM Artists Members Invitational, Group Show

    Equity Gallery, Manhattan, NY

  • In Search of the Goddess, Group Show

    Olive Free Library, West Shokan, NY 03/16 – 05/04

  • Renascence: New and Emerging Artists,

    Limner Gallery, Hudson, NY 03/01 - 03/23

  • Sea Change, See Change, Group Show,

    Mattatuck Museum, Waterbury, CT 01/21 - 05/19

2023

  • Small Works, Juried Group show,

    440 Gallery, Brooklyn NY, 12/02-01/02

  • In a Dream, Juried Group Show, Artist's Collective of Hyde Park, Hyde Park, NY

  • Mapping, Juried Group show,

    440 Gallery, Brooklyn NY, 06/29 - 07/26

  • cARTography:alternate routes, Group Show

    Olive Free Library, West Shokan, NY

2020

  • Solo Exhibit, Starr Library, Rhinebeck, NY 01/20-02/25

2019

  • Protest Art, Group Show, Time Space Limited, Hudson, NY

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