Reflections Daniel J. Valadez is a Japanese manga series

is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Osamu Tezuka from 1952 to 1968

He received his BA in Industrial Arts from San Francisco State University and MFA in sculpture from the Academy of Art University

With a stirring of emotions translated onto each new work of art

some to be taken a little more seriously

I found a way forward looking through the prints of Enlightenment era naturalists like Ernst Haeckel and John James Audubon

Reflections Daniel J. Valadez is a Japanese manga seriesDetails About Shipping Oil on Panel 9 x 12 in. 2016 15 x 18 in. (framed) My painting has to do with the modern woman and her lost sense of self; her fragmentation from feminine concepts. She is a part of nature, but when looking to the world outside of herself what is reflected back is a convoluted version of femininity. She as a being is complete, beautiful, strong, wild, nurturing, compassionate, and whole it's just a matter of her beginning to see