Daniel spent his early years growing up in Sharon, Pennsylvania - a steel mill area north of Pittsburgh - with his parents & two younger sisters. Noticing a natural gift for drawing after starting preschool, his Mother enrolled him in private art classes, which helped build a foundation for his lifelong passion. In his teenage years, Daniel was hired by families in the community to draw home sketches & paint in-home murals, which he continues to this day.
Growing up in an athletic family, Daniel was introduced to basketball at an early age by his Father & that quickly became his second passion. These two talents were eventually recognized, which led him to be recruited & ultimately enrolled in the Fine-Arts & Basketball Programs at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh. From there, he transferred to The Art Institute of Pittsburgh for a more art-focused ciriculum, where he graduated with a degree in Graphic Design.
Daniel put his degree to work right away, creating package design, logos & marketing materials for Virbac Corp., a Veterinary Pharmaceutical Company in Fort Worth, Texas. Although, after a year, decided it was time to explore the world & moved to San Diego, California after visiting. He was quickly hired by KUSI-TV, a local San Diego News Station, as their morning, then evening news designer.
While in San Diego, Daniel met his soon to be wife, Jess. They eventually chose to move back east together, after an opportunity arose for Jess to open her own business, Windward Boardshop (now W82 Boardshop), in her home town of Chicago. Daniel was then hired by ER2 Image Group (formerly Bloomingdale Signs-By-Tomorrow), where he had spent the last 12 years as a Senior Designer & Sales Liaison.
Ultimately, Daniel's natural passion is in the creative process, growing a project/idea from the starting conceptual stages, thru the finished production & application stages. Blending a quality fine-arts foundation, with the knowledge of current artistic trends & technology; Daniel’s skill-set makes him a polished well-rounded artist & designer, capable of creating & producing anything clients can imagine.