Born in 1972 in the city of Campinas, Brazil, Daniela Matchael is an artist whose roots in realistic academic drawing are intrinsically translated into her powerful abstract approach to composition and color. Throughout her childhood and adolescence Daniela took drawing and painting lessons at different local artist’s studios in her home town. In 1990 the artist enrolled at the renowned Escola Panamericana de Artes in the large city of Sao Paulo. While still attending art school, Daniela worked as an apprentice at her instructors’ private studios where, in 1991, she began to teach basic...more
