Professional Fine Artist (34 years), former Arts Ambassador, US State Dept. Contributing Editor, Film Director. Four decade+ practitioner of Tibetan Dream Yoga. Apprenticed 4 years with California Visionary Landscape Painter, Gage Taylor (1983-1987). Later she collaborated with him under the name Taylor-Dana until his death in 2000. Uriél has traveled 44 countries and lived on 3 continents so she has added skills to her art from many sources. This includes studying color and design at Rudolph Schaeffer School of Design (1975/76) San Francisco, CA and lost wax bronze casting at College of Marin (1983-1987), Kentfield, CA as well as many workshops in classical art techniques, including Day Studio Workshop (1983) in San Francisco, Ca. and conservation techniques in Genova, Italy.(2004) the year it was chosen as Head of Culture for the EU.