D. Witschkanow - ► „Fractured Gaze“ № I
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Daniel Witschkanow, Fractured Gaze № I, an original hand‑made acrylic and mixed media portrait in black and white, signed by the artist, created in 2025, 70 x 50 cm, edition Original, sold with frame.
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“Fractured Gaze” – Original painting No. I
Originales, handgefertigtes Gemälde von Daniel Witschkanow, 2026
Über das Bild:
An intense face emerges from a complex web of black lines, loops, and densifications. The eyes in particular possess a strong presence and draw the gaze immediately, while other areas of the portrait are intentionally kept open and fragmented.
The varying densities of the lines make the face hover between clarity and dissolution. While the eyes, nose, and mouth stand out clearly, the forehead, cheeks, and neck seem to partly disappear into the abstract network of lines. This creates a compelling balance between control and inner chaos.
The consistent reduction to black and white further enhances the emotional impact. From a distance, it appears as a powerful portrait, while up close numerous fine connections, overlaps, and spontaneous movements can be discovered.
Technique:
The painting was created in the artist’s characteristic thread technique. For this, high-quality, highly pigmented acrylic glaze is mixed with selected painting media until a fluid yet controllable consistency is achieved.
The color is applied to the canvas with brush and hand in long threads, dynamic loops, and spontaneous motions. Through numerous overlays, both delicate lines and intense black densifications emerge, from which the portrait develops step by step.
High-quality acrylic paints and acrylic glazes provide intense blacks, clear contrasts, and durable color brilliance. The combination of controlled line work and spontaneous movement makes each work a fully handmade, non-reproducible unique piece.
Details
Title: Fractured Gaze – No. I
Artist: Daniel Witschkanow
Year of creation: 2026
Technique: Acrylic, acrylic glaze, painting medium, and thread technique
Support: Canvas on stretcher
Size: 70 x 50 cm
Orientation: Portrait
Color palette: Deep black and white
Execution: handmade unique piece
Signature: hand-signed and dated by the artist
Certificate of authenticity: included
Condition: new and directly from the studio
Framing: frameless
Original work: no prints and no reproductions
The work can be presented directly on the stretcher without an additional frame due to its clear black-and-white composition. Especially on light, gray, or dark walls, the portrait exerts a strong and modern presence.
Secure shipping 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“Fractured Gaze” – Original painting No. I
Originales, handgefertigtes Gemälde von Daniel Witschkanow, 2026
Über das Bild:
An intense face emerges from a complex web of black lines, loops, and densifications. The eyes in particular possess a strong presence and draw the gaze immediately, while other areas of the portrait are intentionally kept open and fragmented.
The varying densities of the lines make the face hover between clarity and dissolution. While the eyes, nose, and mouth stand out clearly, the forehead, cheeks, and neck seem to partly disappear into the abstract network of lines. This creates a compelling balance between control and inner chaos.
The consistent reduction to black and white further enhances the emotional impact. From a distance, it appears as a powerful portrait, while up close numerous fine connections, overlaps, and spontaneous movements can be discovered.
Technique:
The painting was created in the artist’s characteristic thread technique. For this, high-quality, highly pigmented acrylic glaze is mixed with selected painting media until a fluid yet controllable consistency is achieved.
The color is applied to the canvas with brush and hand in long threads, dynamic loops, and spontaneous motions. Through numerous overlays, both delicate lines and intense black densifications emerge, from which the portrait develops step by step.
High-quality acrylic paints and acrylic glazes provide intense blacks, clear contrasts, and durable color brilliance. The combination of controlled line work and spontaneous movement makes each work a fully handmade, non-reproducible unique piece.
Details
Title: Fractured Gaze – No. I
Artist: Daniel Witschkanow
Year of creation: 2026
Technique: Acrylic, acrylic glaze, painting medium, and thread technique
Support: Canvas on stretcher
Size: 70 x 50 cm
Orientation: Portrait
Color palette: Deep black and white
Execution: handmade unique piece
Signature: hand-signed and dated by the artist
Certificate of authenticity: included
Condition: new and directly from the studio
Framing: frameless
Original work: no prints and no reproductions
The work can be presented directly on the stretcher without an additional frame due to its clear black-and-white composition. Especially on light, gray, or dark walls, the portrait exerts a strong and modern presence.
Secure shipping 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
► „Fractured Gaze“ № I
Technique
Acrylic painting, Mixed technique
Signature
Hand signed
Country of origin
Germany
Year
2025
Condition
Excellent condition
Colour
Black, White
Height
70 cm
Width
50 cm
Weight
3 kg
Depiction/theme
Portrait
Style
Abstract
Period
2020+
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