SCOTTSDALE, Ariz.—January 12 through March 26, 2006. The Arizona Fine Art EXPO, produced by Thunderbird Artists of Fountain Hills, the leading producer of fine art festivals and wine tasting events in the Southwest. Thunderbird Artists receives rave reviews for attracting the best gathering of artists from throughout the U.S and abroad. One of the artists that stands out at the Arizona Fine Art EXPO is renowned artist, Dan Hale from Kingman, AZ. Dan is best known for his unique, one-of-a-kind, inlaid and sculpted stonework with exquisite stone selections.
At 8 years old, Dan Hale’s passion was collecting various stones. Then he began collecting stone to assist his mother’s interior
design business by inspiring her work with his compelling desire for details through his inner spirituality and approach in positioning
the art and furnishings. Dan’s artistic gift was refined through various children’s art and vocational courses offered at schools he
attended. Dan eagerly enrolled in more creative classes and continued to assist his mother with interior designs and sales. Little did he know when he picked up his first hammer, chisel and file that it was the beginning of his passion and turn in his life.
By seventeen, Dan’s creative attitude had begun to take root. After high school graduation, he took a construction job where he learned about the intricacies of working with marble and granite stone from master craftsmen. His relationship with stone continued to grow strong, but it lacked that creative freedom he so much loved. That unlimited level of freedom would prove to be Dan’s hunger for change. After several summers of granite and marble contracting fabrications, Dan was faced with two options; he could create beautiful designs through his love and talent of natural stones or he could remain a part of the working class’ daily grind.
During 1991, Dan decidedly chose to create and enter his dramatic stone designs in art shows. Originating, designing and creating alabaster, marble, granite and other exotic stone artworks would allow Dan the expressions he loved so dearly. After a few shows, Dan began entering fine art shows that were juried and he was overwhelmed by the response of the patrons and collectors who began to follow him from one fine art show to another. They began requesting commissions. Patrons wanted Dan to design special stone selections bordering mirrors to place over matching stone tables, plus they wanted larger and larger pieces. These works have been so well received by the public that now the artist’s attention is devoted to this unique form of self-expression which is all he ever truly wanted.
Dan’s artistic talent that began with a helpful son’s love for his mother turned into a passionate love of the “Art World” which was the ideal outlet for this non-traditional dreamer.
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