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Daniel Pollera (born 1953, Freeport, New York) is an American realist painter who paints American Coastal landscapes.

Biography

Daniel Pollera was born in Freeport, N.Y. and grew up in Malverne, N.Y. He started painting at an early age and was inspired by the beauty of Eastern Long Island, N.Y. and its surrounding coast. He attended Valley Stream Central High School and majored in commercial art. After High School he took a job at a local sign shop while attending Farmingdale University at night for commercial art. After not getting hired at an ad agency, Dan got discouraged, dropped out of school and quit the sign shop. His true love was painting and wanted to pursue his passion. After a long sabbatical in 1991 he connected with his high school art teacher Frances Norris Streit and helped her paint a historical mural for the Roslyn Savings Bank. Dan got back on track with his art and started painting and exhibiting in Gallery East in Easthampton N.Y. After a few years Gallery East closed and Dan connected with Chrysalis Gallery in Southampton, N.Y. Dan was given a one man show in 1995 at the Long Island Museum of Art. He has had numerous shows in many galleries from Long Island, N.Y. to Maine and his work has been collected by national and international collectors. In 2012 his work was accepted into the permanent collections of the Parrish Art Museum in Watermill N.Y. and Guild Hall Museum in Easthampton N.Y.