One Red Umbrella, oil on canvas, 2024
Kay Danley's consistent focus is on movement from the literal to the realm of reflection and imagination. This creative motion often manifests itself as a moment of change, transformation or encounter. The work is organized around architectural or natural forms that help to formally structure the transformational experience.... the beckoning to be both suspended and moved beyond, always rendered with the utmost skill in form, value and color, is an invitation that is irresistible and rewarding beyond measure.
Review by Ellen Keck Stauder,
Professor Emerita of English and Humanities,
Reed College, Portland, Oregon