Danielle Eckhardt (born 1982), is an American painter, who is known primarily for her paintings on
spirituality
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,
surrealism
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and
(PTSD). Her art work familiar to the community of
Virginia Beach
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received wide coverage at various art exhibitions.
Eckhardt has headlined number of
festivals
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and exhibitions across the
Washington metropolitan area
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.
References
American surrealist artists
1982 births
Women surrealist artists
Artists from Virginia
People from Reston, Virginia
American contemporary painters
Living people
20th-century American women artists
Maryland Institute College of Art alumni
21st-century American women
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