April 2022
“A Mirror of Everyday Life”
by Ariel Dannielle
for Adult Swim Mural Project
📍 Westside Beltline Trail
This mural tells the story of the everyday life of Black women shown through a positive lens, challenging conventional representations of Black life. Love and friendship are represented through the image of two friends talking on the phone, in their rooms, a safe space, sharing, connecting, and being themselves, unapologetically young, Black, and feminine.
Ariel Dannielle is an African American painter born and raised in Atlanta, GA. She graduated from the University of West Georgia, where she received a Bachelor of Fine Arts. Drawing directly from her life, Ariel creates large-scale paintings that depict the daily experiences of young Black women. She believes in the importance of her artwork to provide new lenses through which Black womanhood can be represented, understood, and related to.
“A mirror of everyday life, but also a projection of what I want to happen. It’s about setting a different standard of values and saying that everyday Black lives, everyday experiences, are beautiful, and powerful, and intelligent.”
