b. Portsmouth, VA 1969
Lives and Works in Milton, MA
Daphne Confar received a BFA from Laguna Beach College of Art and Design and an MFA in Painting from Boston University, Boston MA. Her work has been exhibited in Museums and Galleries throughout the United States and Europe. Her artistic process involves building upon a tonal underpainting, adding layers of color, at times sanding between each layer.
Family relationships, especially with her grandmothers who spent time with Daphne telling the stories of their lives, have fed her imagination and given her a love of people and a love of people's stories that informs her work to this day.
Confar’s work is included in many corporate and private collections, and has recently been acquired by the Provincetown Art Association and Museum for their permanent collection.
"Daphne Confar's paintings are the progeny of an artist whose storytelling skills match her facility with a brush. Her portraits look like characters in a Garrison Keillor monologue: self-effacing, befuddled, and guarded people, sharply drawn with tender shining souls." - Kate McQuaid, Boston Globe
