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orm Daniels sticks out like a creative thumb when he plops down at San Diego beaches—an easel and canvas in one hand, paints and brushes in the other. He might as well be an alien in the land of surfboards, sandcastles and sea gulls. “I love it when kids come up while I’m
painting on location and ask me what I’m doing,” the Pine Valley resident said. “Always, it is the same conversation: “Kid: ‘What are ya’ doin’ mister?’” “Me: ‘I’m painting.’” “Kid: ‘Are you an artist?’” “Me: ‘Do you think I am?’” “Kid: ‘Hmmmm. Yeah, I think so.’”
“Me: ‘Are you an artist?’” “Kid: ‘Oh yeah!’” At this point, the self-taught painter and sea lover becomes impromptu teacher. “I lower the easel and hand them the brush and let ’em paint,” Daniels said. “Always makes the parents nervous, but
Artist Norm Daniels adds some strokes to a canvas in his garage studio in Pine Valley. His lifelong love of the ocean is a common theme in many of his works. April 2014 | REFRESHED
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