Silver Valley artist spotlight: Daniel Osborne

Pulitzer prize winning journalist and best selling novelist Katherine Porter once said that, “every young artist has to do it one way, his or her way, and the hell with patterns.”

In the case of 20-year-old, Daniel Osborne, he certain has his way figured out.

Since he moved to Wallace from Greeneville, Tennessee, Osborne has made his mark on the local art community with his imaginative and unique works.

He started drawing when he was in elementary school around the time his grandfather passed away.

Using drawing as a way to cope with that tragic event, Osborne started to explore his creative tendencies.

It was in high school while he took honors art class all four years where he found his artistic emphasis.

Focusing much of his work around the human eye, Osborne explains that this comes from a lesson he learned from his freshman high school art teacher.

“She said that an artist is like a trained observer,” Osborne explained, “even when I’m sitting down drinking coffee…you visualize and notice things.”

While he was still in high school, he received several awards for being in honors art all four years.

In addition to those artistic achievements, Osborne has also had two of his pieces on display in museums in Knoxville, Tenn.

Although he currently works at City Limits Brewpub In Wallace, he is working toward his goal of becoming a tattoo artist.

“I know it sounds crazy, but I’ve wanted to be a tattoo artist since I was eight years old.”

Osborne is hopeful that, in the future, he can gain an apprenticeship with a tattoo artist in a more populated area such as Coeur d’Alene.