Artwork > Wingspan

Inspired by dance, I begin with an intuitive movement off of the canvas and then record that same movement in paint. This gesture morphs as I move across the surface of the canvas and an image unfolds.

Danielle Riede: Between abstraction and alchemy essay by Max Weintraub, Director of the Allentown Museum of Art.

Coral Sunset
Coral Sunset
oil on porous matte gesso
40" x 30"
2024
Aurora Borealis in My Heart
Aurora Borealis in My Heart
oil on porous matte gesso
40" x 30"
2024
Limelight
Limelight
oil on porous matte gesso
40" x 30"
2024
All About Love
All About Love
oil on canvas
40" x 30"
2024
Untitled
Untitled
oil on porous matte gesso
40" x 30"
2024
Cosmic Glow
Cosmic Glow
oil on porous matte gesso
40" x 30"
2024
Soft Rainbow with a Punch
Soft Rainbow with a Punch
oil on porous matte gesso
30" x 40"
2024
Fall Loves Spring
Fall Loves Spring
oil on porous matte gesso
30" x 40"
2024
Electric Love
Electric Love
oil on porous matte gesso
48" x 60"
2025
Electric Earth
Electric Earth
oil on canvas
48" x 60"
2024
lavender love
lavender love
oil on porous matte gesso
40" x 30" - Private Collection
2023
Humming Sky
Humming Sky
oil on canvas
34" x 26"
2023
Pomegranate and Jade
Pomegranate and Jade
oil on canvas
40" x 30"
2022
zag zip waving
zag zip waving
oil on canvas
40" x 50"
2022
you will become a beautiful bird
you will become a beautiful bird
oil on canvas
30" x 40"
2023
Love in orange
Love in orange
oil on porous matte gesso - Allentown Museum of Art
42" x 32"
2022
soft silence
soft silence
oil on porous matte gesso
40" x 30"
2022
Parrot Portal
Parrot Portal
oil on canvas - Buren Collection
30" x 40"
2022
Warbler's Venetian Sky
Warbler's Venetian Sky
oil on canvas
60" x 48"
2022
Purple Moon
Purple Moon
oil on canvas
58" x 46"
2022
Cambria
Cambria
oil on canvas
48" x 60"
2022
Akureyri
Akureyri
oil on canvas
48" x 62"
2021
silver sun
silver sun
oil on canvas
28" x 38"
2022
Retroshade Shadow
Retroshade Shadow
oil on canvas
55" x 55"
2021
sol sol
sol sol
oil on canvas
48" x 60"
2022
With Infinity
With Infinity
oil on canvas
47.2" x 47.2"
2021
Sunset Vibes on a Vertical Plane
Sunset Vibes on a Vertical Plane
oil on canvas
58" x 46"
2022
new earth
new earth
oil on canvas - Private Collection
40" x 30"
2022
Moon Glow
Moon Glow
oil on canvas - Private Collection
42" x 30"
2021
Reflecting Pool
Reflecting Pool
oil on canvas
40" x 30"
2023
Flying
Flying
oil on canvas
48" x 62"
2021
Moonrock's Venus
Moonrock's Venus
oil on canvas
42" x 50"
2022
Grasshopper or Singing Silk
Grasshopper or Singing Silk
oil on canvas - Galloway Ridge Collection
30" x 40"
2021
Orange Kindness
Orange Kindness
oil on canvas - Private Collection
55" x 55"
2021
Blue Radiance
Blue Radiance
oil on canvas
48" x 60"
2021
Mineral Flow
Mineral Flow
oil on canvas
48" x 60"
2021
Puffin Sol
Puffin Sol
oil on canvas
30" x 40"
2021
Teacup for Emily
Teacup for Emily
oil on canvas
30" x 40"
2021
Lavanda Moss
Lavanda Moss
oil on canvas
48" x 60"
2021
sun water
sun water
oil on canvas
30" x 40"
2021
my favorite baby blue
my favorite baby blue
oil on canvas
30" x 40"
2021
Tracing the Stars
Tracing the Stars
oil on canvas
40" x 30"
2021
Re wild ing
Re wild ing
oil on canvas
48" x 60"
2021
Velvet Mirror
Velvet Mirror
oil on canvas
48" x 60"
2021
Brushed
Brushed
oil on canvas
48" x 60"
2020
Georgia
Georgia
oil on canvas
40" x 30"
2020
Nazca
Nazca
oil on canvas
40" x 30"
2019
jedes universe
jedes universe
oil on canvas - Private Collection
48" x 60"
2020
Dancing with D
Dancing with D
oil on canvas
50" x 57.25"
2020
Half of the Moon
Half of the Moon
oil on canvas
30" x 40"
2020
Lapland
Lapland
oil on canvas
50" x 58"
2020
wingspan, abstract painting, body, movement, dance
Kairos
oil on canvas
40" x 30"
2020
Fire Flower
Fire Flower
oil on canvas
40" x 30"
2020
Light and Sound
Light and Sound
oil on canvas
60" x 48"
2020
mountain baby
mountain baby
oil on canvas
60" x 48"
2020
Jump Portal
Jump Portal
oil on canvas
48" x 30"
2020
Handbell Bling
Handbell Bling
oil on canvas
30" x 40"
2020
Moon Sun Sound Track
Moon Sun Sound Track
oil on canvas
50" x 58"
2020
Twenty Springs
Twenty Springs
oil on canvas
30" x 40"
2020
Liatris
Liatris
oil on canvas
30" x 40"
2020
Neowise
Neowise
oil on canvas
30" x 40"
2020
Sun Shimmer Sound Check
Sun Shimmer Sound Check
oil on canvas
50" x 57"
2020
Effervescence Hawking
Effervescence Hawking
oil on canvas
57" x 50"
2020
black crystal blue diamon
black crystal blue diamon
oil on canvas
20" x 30"
2020
blue butterflies
blue butterflies
oil on canvas
48" x 30"
2020
forever and a day
forever and a day
oil on canvas
30" x 20"
2020
Black Deer Dog
Black Deer Dog
oil on canvas
44" x 40"
2020
Violetta
Violetta
oil on canvas
40" x 30"
2019
ylc intermingled
ylc intermingled
oil on canvas
60" x 48"
2019
Alight
Alight
oil on canvas
30" x 40"
2019
Alight II
Alight II
oil on canvas
30" x 40"
2019
j
j
oil on canvas
30" x 40"
2019
sol
sol
oil on canvas
30" x 40"
2020
molecules & movement
molecules & movement
oil on canvas
40" x 30"
2019
pink y blue
pink y blue
oil on canvas
30" x 40"
2019
softness
softness
oil on canvas
40" x 30"
2019
Amazonia
Amazonia
oil on canvas
48" x 60"
2019
Isabela
Isabela
oil on canvas
30" x 40"
2019
Ocean Floor Raw
Ocean Floor Raw
oil on canvas
30" x 40"
2018
Aurora
Aurora
oil on canvas
18 x 24"
2018
G.G. Light
G.G. Light
oil on canvas
48' x 60"
2018
Opening
Opening
oil on canvas
50" x 40"
2018
lunar solar
lunar solar
oil on canvas
60" x 48"
2018
z
z
oil on canvas
30" x 20"
2018
Wonderwill
Wonderwill
oil on canvas
30" x 48"
2018
wisp
wisp
oil on canvas
30" x 40"
2018
Daffy
Daffy
oil on canvas
36" x 20.25"
2018
Gorgonian
Gorgonian
oil on canvas
50" x 58"
2018
Alicanto
Alicanto
oil on canvas
38" x 52"
2017
Passerine
Passerine
oil on canvas
30" x 48"
2017
Violetta
Violetta
oil on canvas
40" x 30"
2018
Sirin
Sirin
oil on canvas
48" x 60"
2017
Horus
Horus
oil on canvas
48" x 60"
2017
Boticelli Baby
Boticelli Baby
oil on canvas
58" x 50"
2017
Shanama
Shanama
oil on panel
22" x 28"
2017
canopy
canopy
oil on canvas
60" x 48"
2016
wingspan, abstract painting, body, movement, dance
abyss
oil on canvas
20" x 30"
2016
Wingspan 2
Wingspan 2
oil on canvas
45" x 30"
2016
Love Venus
Love Venus
oil on canvas
48" x 60"
2017
Gos II
Gos II
oil on canvas
24" x 36"
2016
calling superwoman diptych
calling superwoman diptych
oil on canvas
60" x 48"
2017
one
one
oil on canvas
20" x 30"
2016
Golden Painting - Saga
Golden Painting - Saga
oil on canvas
40" x 60"
2017
Nene-nui
Nene-nui
oil on canvas
42" x 34"
2017
Simurgh
Simurgh
oil on canvas
18" x 24"
2017
Caracara
Caracara
oil on canvas
52" x 38"
2017
Wingspan 10
Wingspan 10
oil on canvas
30" x 40"
2016
Gulfoss
Gulfoss
oil on canvas
40" x 30"
2017
Gos
Gos
oil on canvas
20" x 30"
2016
Foss
Foss
oil on canvas
25" x 30"
2016
Orkney
Orkney
oil on canvas
40" x 30"
2016
kiss
kiss
oil on canvas
40" x 30"
2016
Peregrine
Peregrine
oil on canvas
40" x 30"
2017
Peregrine Valley
Peregrine Valley
oil on canvas
40" x 30"
2017
Maya
Maya
oil on canvas
39.5" x 43.5"
2017
Rosehip Diptych
Rosehip Diptych
oil on canvas
60" x 40"
2017
Wingspan 9
Wingspan 9
oil on canvas
40" x 30"
2016
Tip Touch
Tip Touch
oil on canvas
46" x 58"
2016
pulse
pulse
oil on canvas
55" x 48"
2016
Breathing
Breathing
oil on canvas
36" x 24"
2015
running with the rhythm
running with the rhythm
oil on canvas
30" x 40"
2016
wingspan
wingspan
oil on canvas
54" x 68"
2015
wingspanned
wingspanned
oil on canvas
48" x 36"
2015
wingspan west
wingspan west
oil on canvas
32" x 45"
2015
Running
Running
oil on canvas
121 cm. x 111 cm.
2015
orange sweep
orange sweep
oil on canvas
99 cm. x 112 cm.
2015
Henry
Henry
oil on canvas
61 cm. c 92. cm.
2015
Dream Line
Dream Line
oil on canvas
112 cm. x 127 cm.
2015
Green Sweep
Green Sweep
oil on canvas
55" x 35"
2013
Green Sweep, detail
Green Sweep, detail
oil on canvas
55" x 35"
2013
pillow
pillow
oil on canvas
60" x 50"
2014
pillow
pillow
oil on canvas
detail
2014
Electric
Electric
oil on canvas
4.3 ft. x 5 ft.
2014
Swoon
Swoon
oil on canvas
55" x 35"
2013
Markett
Markett
oil on canvas
48" x 60"
2009
Blue's the way
Blue's the way
oil on canvas
2009
Ribonned
Ribonned
oil on canvas
60" x 48"
2008
Around
Around
oil on canvas
50" x 60"
2005
Umbrella
Umbrella
Oil on canvas
30" x 20"
2003
Goldie
Goldie
oil on canvas
40" x 30"
2003
Pioggia
Pioggia
36" x 70"
2003
October
October
oil on canvas
18" x 10"
2003
Flat on the pavement
Flat on the pavement
oil on canvas
60" x 60"
2003
got your goose
got your goose
oil on canvas
2003
Duffy
Duffy
oil on canvas
60" x 60"
2003
Virgola
Virgola
oil on canvas
60" x 60"
2003