Daniel Matthew York
daniel matthew york figurative oil painter artist statement nashville tn

“Wake Up.”

You live life every day, but are you really? Or just sleepwalking right through it?

“What’s even real anymore?”

Your pictures, their pictures, your opinions, the news, artificial intelligence, Social Media profiles, Reels, political opinions, your emotions, are they yours? Are they even real anymore? You live in a delusion. Who’s under the mask? What’s under the polished facade? Fear? Desire? Vulnerability? Insecurity? The need to fit in or be accepted? Deception? To love? To be someone?

I explore illusion, reality,  identity, happiness, authenticity, in a world obsessed with the appearance of real.