Tilden Daken--Artist and Adventurer
Famous in his day, Tilden Daken (1876-1935) was one of the most prolific and adventurous painters in the American West. His expeditions stretched from the High Sierra to the depths of the Pacific Ocean in a diving bell. A fresco painter early in his career, he is primarily known as: the Painter of the Valley of the Moon; Painter of the Redwoods; Painter of the California State Parks and National Parks of the West; the Key of Red Painter; and the Submarine Painter. Best of all, he penned short stories chronicling some of his most celebrated adventures.
Born in Illinois and raised in Sacramento, his story begins and ends in California's Mother Lode. He lived in San Francisco, Glen Ellen, Santa Rosa, Mill Valley, Mazatlán, Greenwich Village, and Georgetown, California. His deeply rooted passion for art, nature, color and music began as a child and remained until his death at age fifty-eight. He is buried in the historic Pioneer Cemetery in Georgetown, in Eldorado County. Read more about his life on Wikipedia.
