Representational oil and watercolor paintings - American realism - Paintings of the landscapes and other things that light bounces off of.
Photo - David R Moog
paintings
Watercolor - 9 x 12
Floating Chair - Oil on Hardboard - 8 x 10
Madison Valley Montana - Oil on Hardboard - 16 X 20
Summer Evening - Oil on Hardboard - 11 x 14
Evening Breeze - Sagamore - Oil on Hardboard - 8 x 10
Adirondack Lake - Watercolor, Pencil 9 X 12
Zoar Valley - Oil on Hardboard - 8 X 10
JoAnne in Portugal - Oil on Canvas - 12 x 16 - NFS
Royal Anne Cherries - Oil on Hardboard - 8 X 10
Finger Lake - Watercolor - 7 X 9
Early Morning - Oil on Hardboard - 8 X 10
Yellow Creek - Watercolor, Pencil - 9 x 12
One - Oil on Canvas - 24 x 30
White Sky Red Barn - Watercolor - 9 x 12
​​Shows in 2026:​​​​
Roycroft Campus Art and Antique Show - June 27 and 28 in East Aurora, New York
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The Fine Craft and Art Shows at Chautauqua - August 7-9 at the Chautauqua Institute, New York
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Shows in 2027 TBA
About
Dan Sundell grew up surrounded by artists with mother, father, and all siblings engaging in the visual arts During Dan's early years in Idaho, weekends were often spent in the outdoors, fostering a life-long appreciation of nature - a continuing theme in his paintings.
Dan received a scholarship to study art at Boise State University and later transferred into the study of Landscape Architecture at the University of Idaho and the University of Oregon. Though he did continue to study art in college, fine art took a back seat as he pursued a career as a landscape architect and land use planner settling in the Buffalo, New York area.
In recent years Dan has resumed painting working with oil paints in the studio and watercolors when painting outdoors. He shows regularly and in 2026, showed at the 100 Craftsman show at the Kenan Center in Lockport, NY; the Roycroft Campus Art and Antique Show in East Aurora, NY; and at the Crafts Alliance Fine Crafts and Art Show at the Chautauqua Institute. He has also been a guest speaker at several arts organizations. In September of 2026 he entered the Buffalo Plein Aire competition and received an award for best technique.
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Many of the painting shown on this website are available for sale. If you're interested, please fill out the contact form and I'll get back to you.
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Dan is a Juried Artists of The Arts and Craftsmen Guild on the Historic Roycroft Campus in East Aurora, New York.
Artistic Statement
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Though I love visual arts of many types, I choose to paint in a representational manner. I work mostly in oils because I like the idea of the paint being simply ground pigment and natural oils, the same as artist have been using for hundreds of years. And I find the process of painting engrossing. I lose track of time while I struggle to make something of a messy and loose start. It is my hope that my work will help others see familiar settings with a heightened level of awareness and appreciation as it has for me.
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