About Darin L Triplett

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Darin Triplett is a multidisciplinary artist, poet, and designer based in Dallas, Texas. With a background in architecture and a deep passion for visual storytelling, his work bridges mediums—spanning painting, photography, poetry, and spatial design—to explore themes of intimacy, resilience, and presence.

Originally from Chicago, Darin brings a studied and soulful approach to his practice, crafting bold, emotionally resonant works that invite reflection and connection. His art often centers the human form and experience, celebrating beauty, vulnerability, and the quiet power of survival. Whether through vibrant portraiture or spoken word, he creates spaces for joy, desire, and truth to be seen and felt.

Darin is the founder of Just That Creative, a nonprofit committed to supporting and showcasing artists across disciplines. His work has been featured in exhibitions across Dallas, including solo and group shows at Golden BLK Candle Lounge and the Jennette Kennedy Gallery, as well as in nationally recognized institutions such as the Museum of Science and Industry in Chicago and the Hilliard Art Museum in Louisiana. He continues to expand his practice with a focus on community, collaboration, and the transformative potential of art.

My work is a celebration of presence—of what it means to survive with grace, to feel deeply, and to love without apology. I create as a way of honoring the fire that keeps us moving forward, even when the world tries to dim it. Through painting, photography, poetry, and design, I reach for what’s real: the pulse beneath the surface, the softness beneath the armor, the joy that insists on rising.

Each piece I make is a moment reclaimed. A breath held, then released. A reminder that we’re still here, and that our being—our feeling, our dreaming—is enough. I’m drawn to intimate gestures, bold color, and thoughtful composition, using form to amplify what words sometimes can’t contain. Whether I'm building with my hands or painting with my heart, I’m always chasing a kind of truth that can’t be faked.

I center stories of resilience, sensuality, and connection—especially for those whose fullness isn’t always reflected back. My work speaks to the beauty of showing up in our bodies, in our desires, and in our joy. It’s about choosing to live out loud. To find light even in the shadows. To say yes to life, again and again.

For me, art is a love letter to the present. A call to feel everything. A refusal to let the moment slip away unnoticed.

Darin L Triplett

Dallas, Texas

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