Daniel Pignot was born near Caen, the capital of Normandy.   He continues to live in the region but now calls the beautiful 12^th century port of Honfleur his home.    The vast majority of his paintings are of this area .   Painting on-the -spot it would only be natural to present his own environ first, but he has visited and produced wonderful canvases of Holland, Venice, Paris and the south of France.  It is unique to find a contemporary impressionist with such a sense of  atmosphere and light.   As a plein air painter he is certainly set apart from his peers. 

• BORN    

               December 11, 1956, Normandy  

• STUDIES

               Ecole de Beaux- Arts, Caen

• EXHIBITIONS

1977    Group Exhibition, Cherbourg

1985    "La Lieutenance", Honfleur

1986-

1990    Galerie "Alti Shop", Grenoble

 1985   Phillips Galleries, Palm Beach

1987 -

1991    Phillips-Flynt (Nolan-Rankin) Galleries,

              Houston

1993    Galerie de "l'Obelisque", Honfleur

1994    Nolan-Rankin Galleries, Houston     

• AWARDS

1986                      Salon de St Lomain, Medal of Honor

1992                      “Council General de l’Urne, First Prize, Normandie