Danielle uses painting as a medium to translate impressions, emotions, and memories into a unique visual format. The techniques involved are based on the superimposition of layers of painting and collages.

An acrylic image may serve as the initial background. She uses very textured Japanese paper as the base layer with abstract acrylic paint that is enhanced with watercolor. Then, layers of collaged fragments are added, producing a three-dimensional effect. These collaged pieces include textured handmade papers, pieces from old books, wallpaper, printed elements, old letters, calligraphy from XIXth century archives, and so on, all to create a distinctive, antiquarian appearance.

The original image has thus been reformulated along with the collage elements and is integrated into a singular work of art, combining different techniques and media such as pastel, watercolor and printmaking. The final effect is that of a delicately burnished and finely weathered patina.

Drawn upon the past, the artwork becomes a magical interplay between the formal and the symbolic, antiquity and present, time and place, while creating a personal genre of modern fresco.

Danielle was educated at the Ecole des Beaux Arts in Paris, followed by master’s degrees in fine arts and Sociology, both from the University of Paris-Sorbonne. She has been actively exhibiting her works around the world since 2003.