Daryl Zang
Newtown, CT
I make representational paintings that reflect my own experiences, exploring the stages of life we progress through and our evolving vision of ourselves.
Message
Daryl Zang (b.1971 New York, NY) is a representational artist who combines her traditional training with close-cropped compositions to create colorful oil paintings that reflect her own experiences and follow the trajectory of her life. Her work presents a female perspective of family, childhood, and home while exploring the stages of life we progress through, our changing relationships with each other, and our evolving vision of ourselves.
Zang earned a BFA from Syracuse University’s School of Visual and Performing Arts with additional study in Florence, Italy. Her paintings have been exhibited across the United States and have been included in exhibitions at the Wausau Museum of Contemporary Art (WI), the Helen Day Art Center (VT), and in solo exhibitions at The Bing Art Center (MA), The Michele and Donald D’Amour Museum of Fine Art (MA), and St. Peter’s Church (New York, NY). She is included in the Lunar Codex Collection and the Bennett Collection of Women Artists (San Antonio, TX). Her work has been published in Art Seen Magazine, Create! Magazine and Fine Art Connoisseur. Daryl Zang currently lives and works in Connecticut, USA.
Statement
I create representational, realist oil paintings that reflect my own experiences and I often describe my work as autobiographical. Using my traditional training and carefully considered compositions, I create colorful paintings that follow the trajectory of my life.
At home as a new mother, I painted self-portraits about pregnancy and the early stages of motherhood. During the times I needed rest, my work shifted to reflect a deep longing for calm and comfort. As my children grew, I found endless inspiration in their enthusiastic outlook on life and the joy they discovered in each day. Inevitably, I began to compare their childhood to my own and my work began to focus on our shared experiences across generations.
My work presents a female perspective of family, childhood and home while exploring the stages of life we progress through, our changing relationships with each other, and our evolving vision of ourselves. As I celebrate milestones and uphold family traditions, I have become more aware of the common threads that link me to the past and define who I am today.
My work is a visual journal, and my representational style enables me to create art that is immediately accessible, allowing me to share a perspective of womanhood and domestic life that is both relatable and deeply personal.