D. Witschkanow - ► „Silent Defiance“ (XL)
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Daniel Witschkanow, Silent Defiance – XL, acrylic and mixed media on canvas, 100 by 70 cm, original hand-painted artwork signed and dated by the artist, created in 2025, sold with frame, from Germany.
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“Silent Defiance” – Original Painting No. I
Original, hand-made painting by Daniel Witschkanow, 2026
A female figure appears in profile, gaze lowered and upper body slightly turned away from the observer. Her posture seems at once vulnerable and determined. While the face looks calm and almost introspective, the powerful black and deep red brushstrokes create a clear inner tension.
The composition thrives on the contrast between figurative clarity and gestural dissolution. The face, neck, and shoulder areas are rendered precisely enough to convey a strong physical presence. At the same time, hair, clothing, and background dissolve into dynamic traces, open lines, and dark densifications. This makes the figure appear to emerge from movement, memory, and emotion.
Particularly the black planes give the work depth and weight. They converge in the hair, the back, and the lower part of the image, guiding the composition with a strong direction. The dark red accents break through the monochrome mood and set emotional impulses. They can be read as signs of passion and strength as well as of injury and inner conflict.
The work was created with high-quality acrylic paint and the artist’s characteristic Smoke technique. The paint is applied in varying dilutions, layers, and motions. Through smudging, layering, and controlled flow, rough transitions, open contours, and organic structures emerge. The figure remains recognizable, yet seems to dissolve partially into its surroundings.
The reduced palette of black, white, gray, and deep red gives the painting a modern, dramatic, yet elegant aura.
Details
Title: Silent Defiance – No. I
Artist: Daniel Witschkanow
Year of creation: 2026
Technique: Acrylic and Smoke technique
Support: Canvas on stretcher
Size: [100 x 70 cm]
Color scheme: Deep black, white, gray, and dark red
Edition: hand-made unique work
Signature: signed and dated by the artist
Certificate of authenticity: included in the delivery
Condition: new and directly from the studio
Original work: no print and no reproduction
The painting is carefully and securely packaged and shipped with tracking via DHL, UPS, or DPD within Europe.
Seller's Story
Daniel Witschkanow is a German artist with a Bachelor of Arts in Design and a particular passion for contemporary portrait painting. He early on autodidactically engaged with various painting techniques and sold his first works already at the age of 14. After completing his studies with concentrations in CGI, film and photography, he devoted himself entirely to fine art.
At the center of his work is the human being—not as a mere representation, but as a bearer of emotions, memories and inner tensions. His portraits move between figurative precision and experimental dissolution. This exact tension gives his works a distinctive expressive power and emotional depth.
A central feature of his art is the specialization in the thread technique he further developed as well as the expressive smoky technique. Through targeted use of glazes, painting media and flowing structures, unique surfaces arise where control and chance combine in impressive ways. The color seems to flow across the canvas, to hover, or to dissolve almost texturally into the motif.
Daniel Witschkanow deliberately works experimentally and combines in his works different materials and forms of expression. In addition to acrylic and glaze he also works with watercolor, oil and charcoal, giving his works additional depth, multiplicity and an unmistakable character.
Each work is a unique piece and an expression of an ongoing artistic engagement with identity, transience and the emotional complexity of the human being.
Translated by Google Translate“Silent Defiance” – Original Painting No. I
Original, hand-made painting by Daniel Witschkanow, 2026
A female figure appears in profile, gaze lowered and upper body slightly turned away from the observer. Her posture seems at once vulnerable and determined. While the face looks calm and almost introspective, the powerful black and deep red brushstrokes create a clear inner tension.
The composition thrives on the contrast between figurative clarity and gestural dissolution. The face, neck, and shoulder areas are rendered precisely enough to convey a strong physical presence. At the same time, hair, clothing, and background dissolve into dynamic traces, open lines, and dark densifications. This makes the figure appear to emerge from movement, memory, and emotion.
Particularly the black planes give the work depth and weight. They converge in the hair, the back, and the lower part of the image, guiding the composition with a strong direction. The dark red accents break through the monochrome mood and set emotional impulses. They can be read as signs of passion and strength as well as of injury and inner conflict.
The work was created with high-quality acrylic paint and the artist’s characteristic Smoke technique. The paint is applied in varying dilutions, layers, and motions. Through smudging, layering, and controlled flow, rough transitions, open contours, and organic structures emerge. The figure remains recognizable, yet seems to dissolve partially into its surroundings.
The reduced palette of black, white, gray, and deep red gives the painting a modern, dramatic, yet elegant aura.
Details
Title: Silent Defiance – No. I
Artist: Daniel Witschkanow
Year of creation: 2026
Technique: Acrylic and Smoke technique
Support: Canvas on stretcher
Size: [100 x 70 cm]
Color scheme: Deep black, white, gray, and dark red
Edition: hand-made unique work
Signature: signed and dated by the artist
Certificate of authenticity: included in the delivery
Condition: new and directly from the studio
Original work: no print and no reproduction
The painting is carefully and securely packaged and shipped with tracking via DHL, UPS, or DPD within Europe.
Seller's Story
Daniel Witschkanow is a German artist with a Bachelor of Arts in Design and a particular passion for contemporary portrait painting. He early on autodidactically engaged with various painting techniques and sold his first works already at the age of 14. After completing his studies with concentrations in CGI, film and photography, he devoted himself entirely to fine art.
At the center of his work is the human being—not as a mere representation, but as a bearer of emotions, memories and inner tensions. His portraits move between figurative precision and experimental dissolution. This exact tension gives his works a distinctive expressive power and emotional depth.
A central feature of his art is the specialization in the thread technique he further developed as well as the expressive smoky technique. Through targeted use of glazes, painting media and flowing structures, unique surfaces arise where control and chance combine in impressive ways. The color seems to flow across the canvas, to hover, or to dissolve almost texturally into the motif.
Daniel Witschkanow deliberately works experimentally and combines in his works different materials and forms of expression. In addition to acrylic and glaze he also works with watercolor, oil and charcoal, giving his works additional depth, multiplicity and an unmistakable character.
Each work is a unique piece and an expression of an ongoing artistic engagement with identity, transience and the emotional complexity of the human being.
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Artist
D. Witschkanow
Edition
Original
Sold by
Direct from the artist
Sold with frame
Yes
Title of artwork
► „Silent Defiance“ (XL)
Technique
Acrylic painting, Mixed technique
Signature
Hand signed
Country of origin
Germany
Year
2025
Condition
Excellent condition
Colour
Black, Red, White
Height
70 cm
Width
100 cm
Weight
4 kg
Depiction/theme
Portrait
Style
Abstract
Period
2020+
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