DANIEL RAYNOTT | Where Happiness Arises

DANIEL RAYNOTT | Where Happiness Arises

“It’s all about that feeling of peace and fun you get from being near the sea.” 

Daniel Raynott is known for his vibrant paintings that capture the essence of modernity and dreams. His art beautifully depicts luxurious villas, evoking images of holidays, the sea, glamour, and happy days with their contemporary and clean lines. Each painting serves as a window to the outside world, often featuring breathtaking Atlantic or Pacific Ocean views.
Raynott’s use of warm yellow, orange, and red colors in the interiors creates a feeling of illumination, especially when juxtaposed against the bright light streaming in from the adjacent pool. His artworks exude a sense of optimism, with daytime subjects bathed in sunny lights and vibrant colors that evoke strength and energy.

Having spent considerable time in California, Raynott infuses his canvases with a colorful nostalgia, creating pieces tinged with optimism and dazzling contrast. His depictions of dream villas with sleek modern architecture and sparkling swimming pools reflect his experiences and memories from the West Coast. His exploration of the East Coast also inspires paintings that capture the coastal glamour and nostalgia of traditional wooden houses.
The artist is deeply passionate about contemporary houses, favoring clean lines, large bay windows, natural lighting, and a minimalist aesthetic that embodies the joy of living. His artistic repertoire also features sumptuous and daring architectural villas with shimmering swimming pools that exude translucent turquoise water.

Raynott’s affinity for painting villas facing the ocean is likely influenced by his upbringing near the sea. According to him, the inspiration behind his work is rooted in the feeling of peace and joy derived from being near the ocean.

In his creative process, Raynott often begins by sketching the location of the elements with a drawing pencil, occasionally incorporating watercolor drawings or directly working on the blank canvas. His diverse sources of inspiration include his own photographs and illustrations of different places, which he may recreate, modify, or enhance through color changes and other artistic manipulations.

Raynott’s paintings are versatile, seamlessly complementing both contemporary and classic interior settings. Each piece serves as an open display of the artist’s soul, conveying messages of optimism, light, and sunny warmth, ultimately symbolizing the joy of living.
Daniel Raynott paints modernity and dreams. His villas evoke holidays, the sea, glamour, luxury, and happy days with their pure and contemporary lines. Each painting is a window open to the outside, often onto the Atlantic or the Pacific Ocean.
The warm yellow-orange-red colors of the interiors are – Illuminated by the bright light coming from the pool.
The same dazzling optimism emerges as the daytime subjects,  sunny lights and bright colors evoking strength and energy.  
From his long stays in California, Raynott has maintained a colorful nostalgia by creating canvases tinged with optimism and dazzling contrast, dream villas with sleek modern architecture, and swimming pools sparkling with transparency.  

Exploring the East Coast, Raynott painted the coastal glamour and the sense of nostalgia of traditional wooden houses. He is also passionate about contemporary houses with clean lines, large bay windows, natural lighting, a minimalist feel, the joy of living, and the sumptuous and daring architectural villas and their swimming pools shimmering with translucent turquoise.

Water. He often paints his villas facing the ocean, most likely because he was born near the sea. His paintings often start by drawing the location of the elements, always with a drawing pencil. Sometimes, there is a watercolor drawing, or it is directly on the blank canvas, depending on the moment. Inspiration often comes from his photos and illustrations of different places, possible re-creation of existing locations, deletion of elements, color changes, etc. His paintings find their vocation in a contemporary or more classic interior. 
A painting is an open book reflecting the artist’s soul; optimism, light, and sunny warmth are the messages of Daniel Raynott’s works—simply the joy of living. 

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