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Thank you for your interest in my work. I create modern contemporary abstract paintings most of which are heavily textured and organically composed. My paintings have been described as “creative energy”…”movement on canvas”.
I paint what I feel. The blank canvas takes on a new life with paint and texture born from my strokes, splashes, and swipes. When I’m creating a painting it speaks to me—most times comforting, sometimes frustrating but always stimulating. It just unfolds. If I get lucky I get into a rhythm that flows. At times, I paint with nothing in mind and other times I have a general creative blueprint.
Bottom line—I love the freedom and fulfillment that painting gives me. I hope something I’ve created moves you.
Background
Daniel has a Bachelor of Science degree in Industrial Design from San Jose State University and Graduate work from Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, California.
Daniel is a partner at a Strategic Design and Marketing firm he started in 1985. The Agency provides high impact branding, sales, marketing, design, packaging, and marketing programs for Fortune 500 clients. Daniel oversees the creative design team and ensures compatibility with the client’s strategic direction and brand. With more than 35 years of design experience, Daniel has created brands for many consumer, technology, medical, B2B, and B2C clients.
he agency’s work has been featured in multiple design books and magazines and has won over 100 design awards. Da ... view more »
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Artist Statement
Please provide a brief description of your creative process, motivations, and inspirations:
My work is driven by energy, emotion, and movement. I approach each blank canvas without a fixed plan—allowing intuition, texture, and rhythm to guide me. Through layers of paint, strokes, splashes, and swipes, I build compositions that feel alive and in motion.
The process is a dialogue between control and spontaneity, between what I intend and what the painting demands. Inspiration comes from music, nature, and the unpredictable flow of life itself. When I paint, time disappears and instinct takes over.
For me, painting is freedom—a return to pure, unrestricted creativity. My hope is that each piece carries that same sense of vitality and invites others to feel it too.
