{"id":2726,"date":"2014-02-10T13:45:08","date_gmt":"2014-02-10T03:45:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.artchat.com.au\/?p=2726"},"modified":"2014-02-10T16:16:42","modified_gmt":"2014-02-10T06:16:42","slug":"artchat-blog-interview-43-danielle-mcmanus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.artchat.com.au\/?p=2726","title":{"rendered":"ArtChat [Blog Interview #43] \u2013  Danielle McManus"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb_share_1\" style=\"float: right; margin-left: 10px;\"><a name=\"fb_share\" type=\"icon_link\" share_url=\"https:\/\/www.artchat.com.au\/?p=2726\" href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php\">Share<\/a><\/div><div><script src=\"http:\/\/static.ak.fbcdn.net\/connect.php\/js\/FB.Share\" type=\"text\/javascript\"><\/script><\/div><p><b><a title=\"Danielle McManus's\" href=\"http:\/\/www.redhillgallery.com.au\/DanielleMcManus2014.html\" target=\"_blank\">Danielle McManus&#8217;s<\/a>\u00a0<\/b>\u00a0love of story telling is evident in her colourful,\u00a0figurative offerings that provide viewers with brilliantly thought-provoking images.\u00a0Frequently set against a backdrop of a landscape fusing both her <a title=\"Malta\" href=\"http:\/\/www.visitmalta.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Maltese<\/a> heritage and passion for <a title=\"Australia\" href=\"http:\/\/www.australia.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Australia<\/a>, her whimsically wide-eyed and na\u00efve figures evoke stories that everyone can relate to.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.artchat.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/DanielleMcManus.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2774\" alt=\"Danielle McManus\" src=\"http:\/\/www.artchat.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/DanielleMcManus.jpg\" width=\"760\" height=\"436\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.artchat.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/DanielleMcManus.jpg 760w, https:\/\/www.artchat.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/DanielleMcManus-300x172.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 760px) 100vw, 760px\" \/><\/a><strong>AC:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Your quirky style has a <a title=\"Vintage\" href=\"http:\/\/www.weekendnotes.com\/vintage-retro-shops-paddington\/\" target=\"_blank\">vintage<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0feel to it. What inspires you?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>DM:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The vintage feel to my work comes from the inspiration I draw from life as a child.\u00a0A time when life was a lot less hectic. I think sometimes we miss the simple things in life and we are too rushed and busy to take the time to smell the <a title=\"Flowers\" href=\"http:\/\/www.mossflowers.com.au\/\" target=\"_blank\">flowers<\/a>!! I like for my paintings to be serene and peaceful, to draw people away from their busy lives and to relax for a while.<\/p>\n<p><strong>AC:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Describe your art in a sentence.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>DM:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 My works are colourful and <a title=\"Whimsical\" href=\"http:\/\/www.whimsicalimaginings.com.au\/\" target=\"_blank\">whimsical<\/a>; they hopefully make the viewer a little <a title=\"nostalgic\" href=\"http:\/\/www.theurbanlist.com\/brisbane\/a-list\/nostalgic-eats\" target=\"_blank\">nostalgic<\/a> and share my love of nature.<\/p>\n<p><strong>AC:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 What can\u2019t you live without?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>DM:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 My <a title=\"journal\" href=\"http:\/\/pepespaperie.com.au\/Journal\" target=\"_blank\">journal<\/a>. I fill it with sketches and notes for the next works, I have it on me all the time in case!!<\/p>\n<p><strong>AC:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Do you remember your first painting as a child?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>DM:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 I don\u2019t remember a first painting as such but I do remember being my happiest when I was lying on my bedroom floor drawing and painting.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.artchat.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/DanielleMcManus02.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2775\" alt=\"Danielle McManus\" src=\"http:\/\/www.artchat.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/DanielleMcManus02.jpg\" width=\"760\" height=\"436\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.artchat.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/DanielleMcManus02.jpg 760w, https:\/\/www.artchat.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/DanielleMcManus02-300x172.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 760px) 100vw, 760px\" \/><\/a><strong>AC:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 What music do you listen to whilst you\u2019re working?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>DM:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 I listen to all kinds of music from all different genres. I guess it depends on the mood I am in.<\/p>\n<p><strong>AC:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Apart from art what is the next most creative thing you do?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>DM:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<a title=\"Gardening\" href=\"http:\/\/www.cottagegardennursery.com.au\/ \" target=\"_blank\">Gardening<\/a>. I love being outside and growing my own flowers and <a title=\"plants\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nscf.org.au\/\" target=\"_blank\">plants<\/a> to put in my work! I am hoping to create a little oasis to be able to paint in. I also love to sit and watch the little birds in the garden.<\/p>\n<p><strong>AC:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Your work is dominated by large colour fields, how does colour affect you?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>DM:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0I think colour affects all of us in different ways. It has the power to change your mood and evoke emotion. I usually incorporate <a title=\"red\" href=\"http:\/\/www.sensationalcolor.com\/color-meaning\/color-meaning-symbolism-psychology\/all-about-the-color-red-4344#.Uu8w5lLxt9A\" target=\"_blank\">red<\/a> somewhere in my paintings, or <a title=\"orange\" href=\"http:\/\/www.colormatters.com\/orange\" target=\"_blank\">orange<\/a>, they are colours that make me happy.<\/p>\n<p><strong>AC:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 What do you like doing when you\u2019re not painting?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>DM:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 I spend the time I am not painting with my children. Painting takes up so much of my time so I think it\u2019s only fair to spend the rest of the time with them. They grow up so quickly, I don\u2019t want to miss it!<\/p>\n<p><strong>AC: \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Share something about yourself which would surprise our readers.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>DM:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 This question is a hard one for me to answer as I don\u2019t feel that I am too different or surprising! Maybe the fact that I never set out to be an artist. At first I was going to <a title=\"illustrator\" href=\"http:\/\/brisbaneillustrators.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">illustrate<\/a> books but after being told by a publishing house that I was not pushy enough to get my work noticed I became a <a title=\"graphic designer\" href=\"http:\/\/www.sketchbox.com.au\/\" target=\"_blank\">graphic designer<\/a>. Never did I think my work would be gallery worthy!! It was only through a friend insisting that I put some of my <a title=\"ceramics\" href=\"http:\/\/paperboatpress.com\/about\/\" target=\"_blank\">ceramics<\/a> into a local gallery that my career as an artist has all come about. I always feel so fortunate that galleries such as <a title=\"Red Hill Gallery\" href=\"http:\/\/www.redhillgallery.com.au\/\" target=\"_blank\">Red Hill Gallery<\/a> and the others I exhibit in put such faith in my work and give me such opportunities as this exhibition to hang my work with other such talented artists, it is truly a dream come true!!<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.artchat.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/DanielleMcManus03.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2776\" alt=\"Danielle McManus\" src=\"http:\/\/www.artchat.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/DanielleMcManus03.jpg\" width=\"760\" height=\"414\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.artchat.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/DanielleMcManus03.jpg 760w, https:\/\/www.artchat.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/DanielleMcManus03-300x163.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 760px) 100vw, 760px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Danielle McManus\u00a0will be showing with three other\u00a0talented female artists in a group exhibition <a title=\"Women of Substance\" href=\"http:\/\/www.redhillgallery.com.au\/\" target=\"_blank\">&#8220;Women of Substance&#8221;<\/a>\u00a0at Red\u00a0Hill Gallery, Brisbane\u00a0from February 14 until Sunday March 3, 2014<strong>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u00a9\u00a0\u00a0<a title=\"Red Hill Gallery\" href=\"http:\/\/www.redhillgallery.com.au\/\" target=\"_blank\">Red Hill Gallery<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"al2fb_like_button\"><div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div><script type=\"text\/javascript\">\n(function(d, s, id) {\n  var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];\n  if (d.getElementById(id)) return;\n  js = d.createElement(s); js.id = id;\n  js.src = \"\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/all.js#xfbml=1&appId=499790883388518\";\n  fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs);\n}(document, \"script\", \"facebook-jssdk\"));\n<\/script>\n<fb:like href=\"https:\/\/www.artchat.com.au\/?p=2726\" send=\"true\" layout=\"button_count\" show_faces=\"true\" share=\"false\" width=\"150\" action=\"recommend\" font=\"arial\" colorscheme=\"light\" ref=\"AL2FB\"><\/fb:like><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ShareDanielle McManus&#8217;s\u00a0\u00a0love of story telling is evident in her colourful,\u00a0figurative offerings that provide viewers with brilliantly thought-provoking images.\u00a0Frequently set against a backdrop of a landscape fusing both her Maltese heritage and passion for Australia, her whimsically wide-eyed and na\u00efve figures &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.artchat.com.au\/?p=2726\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[40,4,63,19,8,58,43,159,20,30,24,13,29,36,6],"tags":[290,121,61,9,14,123,306,295,120,65,304,296,124,297,25,294,299,312],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artchat.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2726"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artchat.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artchat.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artchat.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artchat.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2726"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/www.artchat.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2726\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2779,"href":"https:\/\/www.artchat.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2726\/revisions\/2779"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artchat.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2726"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artchat.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2726"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artchat.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2726"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}