Danny R is an artist from Los Angeles. After studying drawing and painting at LAMC he went on to paint murals for Compton Unified School District. After some time painting murals, his desire to find a more personal expression lead him back to school. He went on to study at GNOMON in Hollywood where he built a solid foundation in drawing and design, then under the Watts Atelier of the Arts which nurtured his love of classical portraiture. He later returned to LAMC to inject a more modern conceptualization of art ideas into his classically trained drawing and painting technique. 

Today he works primarily in oils but also utilizes other media including acrylic paint, watercolors, ink, graphite, charcoal, and chalk. His work focuses on the exploration of identity and perceived self, utilizing the lens of portraiture and the negotiation between artist, the work, and the viewer to reveal the fluidity of interpretation. 

His more recent works explore the idea of "Formlessness", surveying the in between states, transitions and non-binary being.