D. Witschkanow - ► „Empire of Fractured 3 Souls“ – Triptychon № I (XXL)
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Original triptych by Daniel Witschkanow, titled 'Empire of Fractured 3 Souls' – Triptychon № I (XXL), created in 2026, three hand-made acrylic portraits on canvas (150 × 70 cm), signed and dated, with certificate of authenticity, in new condition.
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► “Empire of Fractured 3 Souls” – Triptych No. I (XXL)
Original, handcrafted paintings by Daniel Witschkanow, 2026
Description
“Empire of Fractured Souls” is a powerful triptych that unites three autonomous portraits into a monumental overall image. Each work possesses its own psychological presence, and yet all three paintings feel like voices of the same inner cosmos. The faces do not appear calm or closed, but are born from tension, memory, and emotional condensation.
The composition thrives on a uncompromising interplay of black and white. Condensed black areas shape gazes, eye sockets, mouths, and facial contours, while fine, nervous lines run across the canvas, giving the figures a vibrating, almost electrified presence. This creates a visual language that is raw, modern, intense, and yet highly aesthetic.
As a triptych, the work unleashes a particular force: the three portraits are not isolated side by side, but clearly relate to one another. An impression of an inner drama emerges, a sequence of states between harshness, vulnerability, overwhelm, dissolution, and assertion. It is precisely this emotional depth that makes “Empire of Fractured Souls” an extraordinarily strong statement piece for contemporary, high-quality spaces and collections.
About the image
At the center of the work lies the human psyche in its fragmentation and intensity. The three faces appear as different manifestations of a mental state – at times tense, at times exhausted, at times almost ethereal. Thus, it is not merely a triptych of portraits, but a cohesive visual dialogue on identity, inner struggles, and emotional fragility.
The faces are not traditionally modeled; they repeatedly dissolve within the network of lines. This oscillation between recognizability and dissolution creates a strong tension. The figures seem simultaneously present and vulnerable, tangible and distant. Each portrait becomes a kind of soulful imprint, and the entire triptych a monumental study of inner states.
Despite the reduction to black and white, the work possesses enormous depth and expressiveness. From a distance the faces appear immediate and dominant, up close a complex network of lines, drips, densifications, and intersections reveals itself. This multilayering gives the triptych an extraordinary artistic presence.
Technique
The triptych was created in the artist’s characteristic thread technique. For this, high-quality, highly pigmented acrylic paints, acrylic glazes, and selected painting media are processed to create a flowing, dynamic consistency. This allows fine linear traces as well as massive consolidations to be laid onto the canvas.
The color is guided in spontaneous but controlled movements, dragged, flung, and layered over each other. In this way, multilayered linear structures emerge from which the eyes, noses, mouths, and the presence of the faces develop. This interplay of control and free movement endows the works with their special energy.
A essential component of this technique is controlled chance. Each trace responds to movement, material, and consistency and cannot be replicated identically. Consequently, each painting is an unmistakable unique piece, and the entire triptych bears a strong, individual handwriting.
Facts
Title: ► “Empire of Fractured 3 Souls” – Triptych No. I (XXL)
Artist: Daniel Witschkanow
Year of creation: 2026
Technique: Acrylic, acrylic glaze, painting medium, and thread technique
Support: Canvas on stretcher frame
Size: Triptych, consisting of 3 vertical-format panels - 150 x 70 cm
Orientation: Portrait
Color scheme: Deep black and white
Style: Contemporary / figurative-abstract / expressive
Motif: three abstract portraits as a cohesive triptych
Execution: fully handcrafted uniques
Signature: signed and dated by the artist
Certificate of authenticity: included
Condition: new and directly from the studio
Framing: unframed
Original artwork: no print and no reproduction
Due to its monumental impact, strong psychological presence, and uncompromising black-and-white aesthetics, “Empire of Fractured Souls” is particularly suited for modern, luxurious, and architecturally clear interiors. The triptych exerts an extraordinary effect both from a distance and up close and can serve as a powerful centerpiece in private collections, gallery spaces, or representative living areas.
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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► “Empire of Fractured 3 Souls” – Triptych No. I (XXL)
Original, handcrafted paintings by Daniel Witschkanow, 2026
Description
“Empire of Fractured Souls” is a powerful triptych that unites three autonomous portraits into a monumental overall image. Each work possesses its own psychological presence, and yet all three paintings feel like voices of the same inner cosmos. The faces do not appear calm or closed, but are born from tension, memory, and emotional condensation.
The composition thrives on a uncompromising interplay of black and white. Condensed black areas shape gazes, eye sockets, mouths, and facial contours, while fine, nervous lines run across the canvas, giving the figures a vibrating, almost electrified presence. This creates a visual language that is raw, modern, intense, and yet highly aesthetic.
As a triptych, the work unleashes a particular force: the three portraits are not isolated side by side, but clearly relate to one another. An impression of an inner drama emerges, a sequence of states between harshness, vulnerability, overwhelm, dissolution, and assertion. It is precisely this emotional depth that makes “Empire of Fractured Souls” an extraordinarily strong statement piece for contemporary, high-quality spaces and collections.
About the image
At the center of the work lies the human psyche in its fragmentation and intensity. The three faces appear as different manifestations of a mental state – at times tense, at times exhausted, at times almost ethereal. Thus, it is not merely a triptych of portraits, but a cohesive visual dialogue on identity, inner struggles, and emotional fragility.
The faces are not traditionally modeled; they repeatedly dissolve within the network of lines. This oscillation between recognizability and dissolution creates a strong tension. The figures seem simultaneously present and vulnerable, tangible and distant. Each portrait becomes a kind of soulful imprint, and the entire triptych a monumental study of inner states.
Despite the reduction to black and white, the work possesses enormous depth and expressiveness. From a distance the faces appear immediate and dominant, up close a complex network of lines, drips, densifications, and intersections reveals itself. This multilayering gives the triptych an extraordinary artistic presence.
Technique
The triptych was created in the artist’s characteristic thread technique. For this, high-quality, highly pigmented acrylic paints, acrylic glazes, and selected painting media are processed to create a flowing, dynamic consistency. This allows fine linear traces as well as massive consolidations to be laid onto the canvas.
The color is guided in spontaneous but controlled movements, dragged, flung, and layered over each other. In this way, multilayered linear structures emerge from which the eyes, noses, mouths, and the presence of the faces develop. This interplay of control and free movement endows the works with their special energy.
A essential component of this technique is controlled chance. Each trace responds to movement, material, and consistency and cannot be replicated identically. Consequently, each painting is an unmistakable unique piece, and the entire triptych bears a strong, individual handwriting.
Facts
Title: ► “Empire of Fractured 3 Souls” – Triptych No. I (XXL)
Artist: Daniel Witschkanow
Year of creation: 2026
Technique: Acrylic, acrylic glaze, painting medium, and thread technique
Support: Canvas on stretcher frame
Size: Triptych, consisting of 3 vertical-format panels - 150 x 70 cm
Orientation: Portrait
Color scheme: Deep black and white
Style: Contemporary / figurative-abstract / expressive
Motif: three abstract portraits as a cohesive triptych
Execution: fully handcrafted uniques
Signature: signed and dated by the artist
Certificate of authenticity: included
Condition: new and directly from the studio
Framing: unframed
Original artwork: no print and no reproduction
Due to its monumental impact, strong psychological presence, and uncompromising black-and-white aesthetics, “Empire of Fractured Souls” is particularly suited for modern, luxurious, and architecturally clear interiors. The triptych exerts an extraordinary effect both from a distance and up close and can serve as a powerful centerpiece in private collections, gallery spaces, or representative living areas.
Secure and carefully protected shipping with tracking.
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
► „Empire of Fractured 3 Souls“ – Triptychon № I (XXL)
Technique
Acrylic painting
Signature
Hand signed
Country of origin
Germany
Year
2026
Condition
Excellent condition
Colour
Black, White
Height
70 cm
Width
150 cm
Weight
4 kg
Depiction/theme
Portrait
Style
Abstract
Period
2020+
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