Daniel Rivers is an Australian artist and architect based in Lake Macquarie, NSW. Working primarily with soft pastels, his practice explores light, atmosphere, and place through careful observations - shifting shadows, drifting clouds, and moments unfolding.
With a background in architecture and a lifelong passion for drawing, Daniel approaches mark-making as both documentation and discovery. Sketching has become an essential part of his process, a way to slow down, study the natural world, and translate its rhythms into expressive, layered compositions.
Daniel’s work traces a deeply personal geography: the rivers and bushland of his childhood near the Wollemi, the sandstone escarpments of the Illawarra, and the ever-changing coastal light of Lake Macquarie.