DUSTIN BROWN JERSEY RETIREMENT

The LA Kings wanted to gift something special to their first Captain to ever lift the Stanley Cup. I created this 55x28" piece in response.

Dustin Brown drawing by Dan Pietens

ATIBA HUTCHINSON/CANADA SOCCER COMMISSION

What do you get an athlete that has spent his entire soccer career playing for his country? I had a lot of fun drawing this tribute piece for Atiba.

Atiba Hutchinson and his family standing with the drawing Dan Pietens drew for him

DREW DOUGHTY/LA KINGS COMMISSION ON-ICE PRESENTATION

I had the pleasure of completing this 22x30" pencil drawing commemorating LA Kings Drew Doughty's 1000 games played.

NHL.COM INTERVIEW

I had the honour of sitting down for an interview with the amazing people over on the NHL Network. We chatted about art, hockey, and there may have been a few jabs in there too!

Q WITH TOM POWERS INTERVIEW

I got to meet the legendary Tom Powers live and discussed art, mental health, and navigating the many careers I’ve had.

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ARTICLE IN TORONTO STAR

The Toronto Star did a great article about me and the project I completed for Mitch Marner and Auston Matthews

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CTV NEWS LONDON INTERVIEW

I joined Sean Irvine from CTV News London for a virtual interview to discuss my journey from Montcalm S.S. student to Physiotherapist to NHL Artist.

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BARDOWN.COM ARTICLE

The kind writers over at Bardown.com wrote a very nice article about my art. I particularly love the fact that they highlight my use of regular old graphite pencils in an increasingly technological landscape.

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CAREER RESILIENCE PODCAST WITH JANN DANYLUK

Imagine always knowing what you wanted to do and then finding out that your career choice was wrong for you and impacted your mental health every single day. Dan and Jann talk about that realization for him after going through school and completing his Masters in Physiotherapy and starting to work in his field. Dan shares his story of anxiety and his strength of will in moving forward and finding what worked for him. He tells us how important it is to reach out for help. We also talk about Dan’s incredible art and his life-changing call from the NHL for permission to share his drawing of Peter Forsberg. That was just the start. And lucky for us, the continuation, of Dan’s amazing talent. Jann fully admits that her personal favourite is Steve Yzerman!

Article by Balle Courbe

Despite having to use google translate for this one I loved reading this great article on my Montreal Canadiens drawings.

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THE ATHLETIC

Sean Shapiro at The Athletic did a wonderful article on my journey to NHL pencil artist

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THE TOM McCONNELL SHOW

Tom and I had a great chat about the evolving world of digital art and connecting with NHLers.

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