From Kes Woodward, artist, author, professor emeritus UAF, 2020:

Dan DeRoux's paintings never cease to amaze me. They are the product of perhaps the most fertile painterly imagination I've ever known. Mixing portraits of friends, hommages to and take-offs of work by Alaskan masters, and settings borrowed from the paintings of European masters from the Renaissance to the twentieth century, Dan's paintings delight one's senses, wits, and sometimes even one's conscience. Often funny, always beautifully executed, and unfailingly original, they are never just clever one-liners. Beyond their easy, accessible wit, they reward slow, thoughtful examination and rumination with not only a wealth of subtle detail, but with insightful commentary on the iconic work of artists in Alaska and the world, as well as on the human condition. The work of no other Alaska artist, I think, is both more accessible and more rewarding.