As an artist, I am recognized for my stylized "Latin Lady" paintings, evocative imagery, bold graphic design, sharp crisp lines and rich saturated color. From the age of 13 and throughout the '60's, while growing up in Toronto, Canada, I developed an interest in Brazilian Bossa Nova and Big Band Swing Music. This led to an infatuation with a potpourri of memorabilia that included 1930's and '40's fashion, the Ziegfeld Follies' showgirls, Hollywood Technicolor movie musicals, "The Wizard of Oz," "I Love Lucy," Busby Berkely choreography, Carmen Miranda, 1940's New York Café Society, The Moulin rouge, and artists like Toulouse Lautrec, George Seurat, George Petty, Alberto Vargas and Erte. These influences strongly affected my artistic persona and the Sid Daniels "Latin Deco" style was born.

Relocating to New York in 1978, my creative imagination was now being fueled by the euphoria of the emerging Disco Era, which generated my new "Ladies of the Eighties" series. "These acrylic canvases were large in scale, and I relished in the idea that I could be the costume designer, choreographer and set designer. Each work of art would become a theatrical showcase that would move to music."

Throughout he 1980's, my personal accomplishments and commissions included murals for the 'Touche' Nightclubs on the Jersey Shore, 'Zanzibar' Nightclub-NYC, the Crown Plaza Hotel and Yokahama's 'Las Paras' Caribbean style restaurant located in Japan. Artwork was commissioned by Arista, CBS, JVC and GRP Record Labels, and my canvases appeared on the set of the 1994 motion picture "Tootsie." In addition, I created posters for fundraising campaigns: "A Demand Performance," hosted by DIFFA (The Design Industries Foundation Fights Aids), at the New York State Theater, a companion piece for Absolute Vodka, and a poster for the New York Philharmonic "Summer Concer ts in the Park" series. This led to the publishing of my 1990 calendar, "Brazilian Follies," which featured twelve of my "Ladies of the Eighties" paintings.

In 1992, I fell in love with Miami Beach, while signing posters I had created for the "1992 United States Ballroom Championships" at the Fountainbleau Hotel. "All Miami had to offer seemed to mix well with my style. The Art deco architecture, rich tropical palette, the Latin/Brazilian airs, and the sexy rhythmic energy that I find so exciting here, continues to influence my new work even today."

In 1997, upon completing a mural for the Ballroom of the Holiday Inn in NYC, I relocated to Florida and immediately engrossed myself into the community. In addition to private commissions and gallery exhibitions, my current projects have included a poster for "First Night Miami beach 2001," the "Brazilian Origins" Canadian national advertising campaign for Nescafe Coffee, a theater poster for Caribbean Cruise Lines and the bar menu for the Wyndham Hotels and Resorts chain in the Caribbean and California.

My work continues to evolve as I embrace this new millennium.