Bob Ross Candice Tripp with expressive eyes and dark

with expressive eyes and dark natures

Oil on ACM panel

and from a childhood spent devouring classic children’s books

Oil and colored pencil on wood panel

viewers must rely on their own imaginations to fill in the blanks and "write" this young girl’s story

Bob Ross Candice Tripp with expressive eyes and darkDetails About oil on cradled panel 18 x 24 in. 2021 Daniel J Valadez was born in Santa Clara, California. He grew up in Visalia, central California, where the summers were scorching and the winters left the grass frozen. He made his return years later to the Bay Area. Daniel moved to San Francisco in the spring of 2005 and began studying at the Academy of Art University. After a rigorous three years, in 2008 he received a BFA in Illustration. The