Whittnie Daniels began her ceramics career on Orcas Island at the age of sixteen under her high school ceramic teacher and mentor. During college, Whittnie was a ceramics instructor at the renowned Orcas Island Pottery Studio on Orcas Island. In 2001 Whittnie was awarded the prestigious National Horatio Alger Scholarship for her writing. She continued her studies in ceramics and painting at Seattle Pacific University and North Seattle Community College. Whittnie produced and sold her ceramics privately and at shows. She was a member of the Pioneer Square Ceramic Studio space and community. In 2007 Whittnie relocated to NYC to further her studies in painting, drawing, and figurative sculpture. Awarded a scholarship in 2008, Whittnie attended Janus Collaborative School where she worked as a model coordinator and teacher’s assistant. She studied under Kate Lehman, Micheal Grimaldi, Dan Thomson and Steve Perkins. While attending Janus, she furthered her studies in a gross anatomy course in collaboration with Drexel University in Philadelphia for two semesters. Whittnie later taught a life and expressive portrait painting class at Janus. Whittnie taught art to children and teens at The Art Center NYC, The Heschel School NYC, Holy Child in Rye, New York as well as private lessons. In 2017 Whittnie received a three-year apprenticeship from the United Scenic Artists Union 829 where she paints and sculpts for television and film. Some of the projects she has worked on include The Irishman, Westside Story, Pose, Godfathers of Harlem, The Joker, Lisey’s Story, The Penguin and Black Rabbit. Whittnie has studied writing under Susan Tiberghien in addition to taking workshop courses through the International Women’s Writers Guild. In 2020, six of her poems were published in Italian and English in the second volume of Affluenti Anthology, a journal based out of Florence, Italy. Whittnie has shown her work throughout New York City, New York and Seattle, Washington. She continues to creatively develop her painting, drawing, ceramics and writing, often fusing them together.