"Twenty years ago, I moved to the midwestern United States from California to pursue a lifelong interest in forecasting and observing tornadic thunderstorms. My objective is to make compositions that are intriguing, convincing, and capture something eerily familiar. Having spent five years studying the sciences in college, my work often tends to suggest a scientific curiosity about things. However, I find getting a painting to the point where the sense of atmosphere and light is beyond question to be the unending challenge that is fundimental to my intensions. The light during storm events is usually very elusive and subtly almost omni-directional. This in and of itself is most difficult to get right." -Daniel Chaffee
Public Collections: Landmark Bank, Madill, OK; First National Bank of Columbia, MO; Museum of Art and Archaeology, Columbia, MO; Charles Vrana and Son Construction, Omaha, NE; Kemper Financial, Chicago, IL; Wichita Center for the Arts, Wichita, KS; Yellow Freight, Kansas City, MO
VAPOR LIGHT AT SUNSET, Oil on Board, 9 1/2 x 13 1/2"