Art · Sculpture
Sculpture
Sculpture is Daniel’s primary medium, encompassing figurative objects, installations, cast forms, and mixed-media constructions. Men’s briefs—often approached through the familiar language of “tighty-whities”—recur as material, support, and cultural signifier, bringing humor and vulnerability into questions of masculinity, containment, and the body.
StagNation, Winter 2026
Cast objects and men’s briefs · 6 ft. high × 4 ft. wide
StagNation was included in the 2026 Art Therapy Psychology exhibition Belonging in Times of Chaos at the Barbara D. Goodman Gallery, Dominican University of California.
Man Up, Spring 2021
Cast plaster objects, mother molds, and men’s briefs · Dimensions variable
Created for Whitman College’s senior thesis exhibition Still Life in the Sheehan Gallery, this installation suspends nine plaster forms in men’s briefs and presents each alongside its corresponding mother mold.
Man Up, Fall 2020
Cast found object and men’s briefs · 2 ft. high × 8 in. wide
Man Up (2020) was Daniel’s first work suspending a plaster cast in men’s briefs. Its source—a log found after a shift at the Walla Walla Foundry—had remained in his collection of found objects for nearly two years before being cast. The work was exhibited in Fouts Gallery at Whitman College.
The Lobster’s Echo, Spring 2020
Redwood, steel, constructed room, padding, and men’s briefs · 6 ft. high
Created in response to a challenge organized by art professors from across the country to design an apparatus for the COVID-19 pandemic, The Lobster’s Echo confronts both a microscopic threat and the internalized authority of the mind. Padded white walls and flooring form a psychological and physical enclosure, while a looming shadow recalls Auguste Rodin’s The Thinker.
Dirt Pant, Fall 2019
Soil, spray adhesive, and painter’s pants · 32 in. high × 24 in. wide
Inspired by Joseph Beuys’s Felt Suit, Dirt Pant was made by building repeated layers of soil and spray adhesive across a pair of white Dickies painter’s pants until an entire bag of soil had been used. No plants ultimately sprouted. The work was selected for Whitman College’s 2019 Winter Art Salon.