Nov 14
by lcoston in Featured 0 comments tags: Arkansas, Cantrell Gallery, delta landscapes, exhibitions, new paintings, Rural

Memory in 20/20, New Show at Cantrell Gallery

Contemporary painter Daniel Coston’s Memory in 20/20  opens Friday November 13th at Cantrell Gallery in Little Rock, Arkansas, and continues through January 9th 2021.  “Memory in 20/20” will also be available for viewing during regular business hours, Monday – Saturday, 10-5:00. The gallery will close for a holiday break, starting at 2:00 on December 24, and will re-open on Monday, January 4, at 10:00. Call if you have any questions – (501-224-1335). Cantrell Gallery is located at 8208 Cantrell Road, Little Rock, AR. Please contact Cantrell Gallery for pricing and availability! Visit Cantrell’s Facebook page for a cool virtual tour.
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Sep 02
by lcoston in Featured 0 comments tags: Acrylic Painting, Arkansas, Cantrell Gallery, church paintings, Exhibition

You Are Invited! 2019 New Exhibition

Contemporary painter Daniel Coston’s Tying It All Together opens September 6th at Cantrell Gallery in Little Rock, Arkansas, and continues through October 26th, 2019. The opening night reception for the exhibition will be on Friday, Sept 6th, 6-8:00. Please join us!
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May 09
by lcoston in Featured 1 comments tags: Acrylic Painting, Arkansas, Cantrell Gallery, Contemporary Art, delta landscapes, Rural, south Arkansas

New Exhibition! Arkansas: From the Tops to the Bottoms

Contemporary painter Daniel Coston’s ARKANSAS: FROM THE TOPS TO THE BOTTOMS opens May 12th at Cantrell Gallery in Little Rock, Arkansas, and continues through July 1, 2017.  The opening night reception for the exhibition will be on Friday, May 12, 6-8:00. Please join us! It will be a great opportunity to visit with the artist while viewing his works. If you can’t make it that evening, the show will continue through July 1. Cantrell Gallery is located at 8208 Cantrell Road, Little Rock, AR. Gallery hours are Monday ”“ Saturday, 10-5:00.  Call (501) 224-1335 for questions or directions. See the full exhibit here!          Artist Statement, Arkansas: From the Tops to the Bottoms “Every year as I work on a new collection of paintings, I try to visually depict my home state – a personal and visual “state of the state”, if you will. In years past, I’ve seen the paintings as representing a horizontal trip around Arkansas, as I search for striking scenes. I’ve been making the trip from the hilltops of Northwest Arkansas to the Delta flatlands and back again for nearly three decades and the landscape continues to inspire me. Recently I have grown more aware of the […]
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Dec 07
by lcoston in Commissions, Featured 1 comments tags: Acrylic Painting, Arkansas, commissions, delta landscapes, Rural

Commission – Rice Farm Work Crew

A long time ago, a couple of guys from Stuttgart, Arkansas traveled south to Drew County looking for a prairie to grow rice.  They found just what they needed, bought some land and found water enough to start a farm.  They were the first rice farmers in Drew County.  This was the mid-1940s.  In the early 1980’s, Monticello native Richard Reinhart commissioned me to do a painting of him standing on the edge of his rice field watching a storm brewing off in the southeast.  Rice farmers have to watch storms because they can drop too much water on the fields and damage the system of levees, creating a serious problem.  I was only too happy to do that for him mainly because it was such a good idea for a painting of life in my home area.  I was really proud of that painting. Richard and his wife, Eddye Ann, have purchased my work occasionally and at the end of one recent commission they  showed me an amazing photograph of a work crew on Richard’s father’s rice farm.  There were 10 workers standing in a line.  One of the two older men was holding Richard when he was a […]
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May 06
by lcoston in Featured 0 comments tags: Acrylic Painting, Arkansas, Contemporary Art, delta landscapes

Artsy Shark – Featured Artist Profile

Artsy Shark has a fantastic profile of my work this week, please check it out! What makes a place special, unique, memorable? The concept of “sense of place” is one that I’ve explored through my paintings throughout my entire career, while focusing on themes like isolation, abandonment, and decay. You can view my work at Cantrell Gallery in Little Rock, or on my website. If you’d like to inquire about a work or discuss a commission, please contact me!
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Feb 19
by lcoston in Featured 0 comments tags: Acrylic Painting, Arkansas, Cantrell Gallery, Delta, delta landscapes, Rural

Daniel Coston to Exhibit New Works at Cantrell Gallery

Contemporary painter Daniel Coston’s BEYOND THE PHOTOGRAPHS will open March 11 at Cantrell Gallery in Little Rock, Arkansas, and will continue through May 7th, 2016.  The opening night reception for BEYOND THE PHOTOGRAPHS will be on Friday, March 11, 6-8:00. Please join us! It will be a great opportunity to visit with the artist while viewing his works. If you can’t make it that evening, the show will continue through May 7. Cantrell Gallery is located at 8206 Cantrell Road, Little Rock, AR. Gallery hours are Monday ”“ Saturday, 10-5:00.  Call (501) 224-1335 for questions or directions.   Artist Statement, BEYOND THE PHOTOGRAPHS “Every year I take a lot of reference snapshots of Arkansas that I add to an ever-growing archive.  Many of the images are useless but a few remind me of things I saw as a kid in Southeastern Arkansas.  Some even seem iconic to me, expressing something about the geography we call home. So I work on these pictures…drawing the scenes until I think I can do something worthwhile.  These photos evoke memories in me.  I want to bring these memories back.  At times, the memories could be about the sunlight on a particular day…the sky in […]
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