Danial McClinton is a self taught artist born in 1978 in Munster Texas and raised in Gainesville Texas.Danial took to art as soon as he was able to pick up a crayon and would often sit and draw with pencil and pad for hours and it would become apparent that his life would be surrounded by art.
Throughout his life Danial did not know what type of art he was interested in but he would sit at the local police department where his aunt worked and draw cartoons of the officers. In December of 1990 started having dreams which were dark dreams of vampires and ghost and became fascinated with the paranormal so he started keeping a dream journal and painting those dreams.

In January of 1999 Danial enlisted in the Marine Corp where he spent four and a half years and visited several countries like Spain,Split Croatia,Egypt,Greece,Ireland,Dubi and pakistan in support of operation enduring freedom.He was also awarded a good conduct medal,Sea service deployment ribbon,national defense medal and a global war on terrorism service medal.Danial got out of the Marine corp in May of 2003 and returned home to texas and became fascinated with dark and fantasy art after seeing a Luis Royo painting and taught his self to paint.

Danial uses his love of the paranormal and his dreams to allow the viewer to see what he sees and to step into the realm of the unknown he is also a firm believer that darkness can be beautiful and is also a practicing pagan.