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Original 70 x 50 cm acrylic and mixed media portrait by Daniel Witschkanow, titled The Fractured Gaze - RedBlack Nº I, signed, created in 2026, in excellent condition and sold with a frame.
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► “The Fractured Gaze - RedBlack” No. I
Originals, hand-made painting by Daniel Witschkanow, 2026
Description
“The Fractured Gaze” is a expressive original painting that portrays human identity in a tense interplay of vulnerability, intensity, and abstract dissolution. From a complex network of countless black thread-like fibers emerges the piercing portrait of a person, whose facial features oscillate between precise recognizability and uncontrolled movement. The eyes form the emotional center of the composition. They appear piercing, almost challenging, while the other facial features dissolve into dynamic line structures. Delicate pink glazes and isolated dark red thread-like fibers break through the monochrome design, giving the work an additional emotional dimension.
What is particularly fascinating is the differing treatment of the two halves of the face. While the left side is defined by massive black color densities and an almost impenetrable line structure, the right half of the face appears more open and transparent. Gentle pink to wine-red color gradients emerge here, sweeping across the forehead, eye area, and cheek like fleeting traces. The striking eyes, the implied nose, and the expressive mouth arise through the deliberate interaction of countless lines. The face seems to form itself out of chaos and dissolve back into it at the same time.
The composition thrives on the exceptional tension between weightless, hair-fine color threads and powerful, almost sculptural color accumulations. Curved lines run across the entire canvas, crossing in different directions to create a dynamic network of movement and structure. The clear white of the ground provides a deliberate counterpoint to the intense black line work. The restrained use of pink and dark red accents gives the painting a distinctive atmosphere that sits between expressive portraiture, gestural abstraction, and contemporary experimental painting.
About the painting
“The Fractured Gaze” deals with the fragility of human identity and the invisible complexity of our inner life. The depicted face does not appear as an unchangeable image of a person, but as a continuously emerging and disintegrating structure. The countless black threads can be interpreted as memories, thoughts, experiences, and emotional entanglements. They seem to hold the person together and tear them apart at the same time. From their chaotic movement, a recognizable personality emerges, whose outlines are never fully complete.
A special symbolic meaning lies in the juxtaposition of the two halves of the face. The darker, more densely packed side can stand for internal conflicts, repressed experiences, and those parts of our personality that we hide from others. The lighter side, threaded with delicate pink tones, conveys openness, sensitivity, and vulnerability. The red color accents recall emotional traces that are indelibly inscribed in our consciousness. They can be read as signs of passion and vitality or as symbols of psychological wounds.
At the center is the gaze. Despite all overlays, distortions, and abstract movements, the human face remains immediately present. The eyes seem to confront the viewer and at the same time reveal something of their own story. This creates an intense psychological tension between observer and observed figure. The painting asks how much of a person is actually visible and how much lies behind their external appearance. It is an artistic exploration of perception, emotional vulnerability, and the constant tension between our inner and outer world.
Technique
The original painting was created by Daniel Witschkanow in his characteristic thread technique. This experimental approach fundamentally differs from traditional portrait painting. Instead of classic, flat brush modeling, facial features, shading, and spatial depth arise through the deliberate guiding of flowing acrylic paint in combination with a painting medium. The color forms fine, hair-like threads, curved movements, and varying degrees of density that come together into a complex figurative composition.
The artistic process relies on the conscious interplay of control and chance. While certain areas of the face are purposely developed, the color threads gain their own dynamics through their movement. Countless lines intersect, change direction, and build a layered network of structures. Especially in the eye area, along the nose, and in the mouth area, the black color threads converge into striking shapes. The expressive line work gives the portrait remarkable vitality and the impression of ongoing movement.
Another special feature is the combination of the black thread technique with delicate pink and reddish glazes. These transparently appearing layers create soft transitions and create a conscious contrast to the graph-like black structures. While black dominates the composition and determines its dramatic intensity, the pink and wine-red accents give the face additional emotional depth. The alternation of flat glazes, fine lines, and denser color accumulations creates different material effects and a fascinating surface texture.
The characteristic irregularity of the thread technique makes every single line a unique part of the artwork. No movement and no color density can be exactly repeated. The result is a unique fusion of gestural spontaneity, conscious composition, and experimental material use. The painting merges the immediate energy of Abstract Expressionism with the emotional expressiveness of figurative portrait painting and bears the artist’s distinctive handwriting of Daniel Witschkanow.
Facts
Title: The Fractured Gaze
Artist: Daniel Witschkanow
Year of creation: 2026
Technique: Acrylic painting, characteristic thread technique with painting medium, transparent glaze colors and gestural line work
Support: Canvas on stretchers
Dimensions: 70 x 50 cm
Orientation: Portrait format
Color scheme: Black, white, pink and dark red/wine red
Style: Contemporary art, abstract expressionism, expressive portrait painting, gestural abstraction, experimental thread art
Subject: Abstracted human portrait with intense eye area and asymmetric color composition
Unique piece: Original, handmade single painting
Signature: Signed by the artist
Authenticity certificate: With authenticity certificate from the artist
Condition: Original work from 2026
Framing: Canvas on stretchers, without an additional frame
Original work: No prints or reproductions
Room impact
Because of its expressive portrait composition and the intense interplay of black, white, and subdued pink tones, “The Fractured Gaze” develops an extraordinary visual presence. The painting is especially suitable for modern living spaces, luxurious interiors, stylish business premises, and discerning contemporary art collections.
The expressive line work and the striking face draw the eye immediately, while the complex color structures reveal new details up close. Especially under neutral, even gallery lighting, the black color densities and transparent glazes unfold their nuanced effect.
The work combines the elegance of restrained color design with a raw, emotionally charged visual language. It works well as a standalone focal point in minimalist spaces or as a powerful addition to an existing art collection.
Shipping
The original painting will be carefully and securely packed to best protect the canvas surface, edges, and the stretchers during transport.
A certificate of authenticity from the artist will be included.
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► “The Fractured Gaze - RedBlack” No. I
Originals, hand-made painting by Daniel Witschkanow, 2026
Description
“The Fractured Gaze” is a expressive original painting that portrays human identity in a tense interplay of vulnerability, intensity, and abstract dissolution. From a complex network of countless black thread-like fibers emerges the piercing portrait of a person, whose facial features oscillate between precise recognizability and uncontrolled movement. The eyes form the emotional center of the composition. They appear piercing, almost challenging, while the other facial features dissolve into dynamic line structures. Delicate pink glazes and isolated dark red thread-like fibers break through the monochrome design, giving the work an additional emotional dimension.
What is particularly fascinating is the differing treatment of the two halves of the face. While the left side is defined by massive black color densities and an almost impenetrable line structure, the right half of the face appears more open and transparent. Gentle pink to wine-red color gradients emerge here, sweeping across the forehead, eye area, and cheek like fleeting traces. The striking eyes, the implied nose, and the expressive mouth arise through the deliberate interaction of countless lines. The face seems to form itself out of chaos and dissolve back into it at the same time.
The composition thrives on the exceptional tension between weightless, hair-fine color threads and powerful, almost sculptural color accumulations. Curved lines run across the entire canvas, crossing in different directions to create a dynamic network of movement and structure. The clear white of the ground provides a deliberate counterpoint to the intense black line work. The restrained use of pink and dark red accents gives the painting a distinctive atmosphere that sits between expressive portraiture, gestural abstraction, and contemporary experimental painting.
About the painting
“The Fractured Gaze” deals with the fragility of human identity and the invisible complexity of our inner life. The depicted face does not appear as an unchangeable image of a person, but as a continuously emerging and disintegrating structure. The countless black threads can be interpreted as memories, thoughts, experiences, and emotional entanglements. They seem to hold the person together and tear them apart at the same time. From their chaotic movement, a recognizable personality emerges, whose outlines are never fully complete.
A special symbolic meaning lies in the juxtaposition of the two halves of the face. The darker, more densely packed side can stand for internal conflicts, repressed experiences, and those parts of our personality that we hide from others. The lighter side, threaded with delicate pink tones, conveys openness, sensitivity, and vulnerability. The red color accents recall emotional traces that are indelibly inscribed in our consciousness. They can be read as signs of passion and vitality or as symbols of psychological wounds.
At the center is the gaze. Despite all overlays, distortions, and abstract movements, the human face remains immediately present. The eyes seem to confront the viewer and at the same time reveal something of their own story. This creates an intense psychological tension between observer and observed figure. The painting asks how much of a person is actually visible and how much lies behind their external appearance. It is an artistic exploration of perception, emotional vulnerability, and the constant tension between our inner and outer world.
Technique
The original painting was created by Daniel Witschkanow in his characteristic thread technique. This experimental approach fundamentally differs from traditional portrait painting. Instead of classic, flat brush modeling, facial features, shading, and spatial depth arise through the deliberate guiding of flowing acrylic paint in combination with a painting medium. The color forms fine, hair-like threads, curved movements, and varying degrees of density that come together into a complex figurative composition.
The artistic process relies on the conscious interplay of control and chance. While certain areas of the face are purposely developed, the color threads gain their own dynamics through their movement. Countless lines intersect, change direction, and build a layered network of structures. Especially in the eye area, along the nose, and in the mouth area, the black color threads converge into striking shapes. The expressive line work gives the portrait remarkable vitality and the impression of ongoing movement.
Another special feature is the combination of the black thread technique with delicate pink and reddish glazes. These transparently appearing layers create soft transitions and create a conscious contrast to the graph-like black structures. While black dominates the composition and determines its dramatic intensity, the pink and wine-red accents give the face additional emotional depth. The alternation of flat glazes, fine lines, and denser color accumulations creates different material effects and a fascinating surface texture.
The characteristic irregularity of the thread technique makes every single line a unique part of the artwork. No movement and no color density can be exactly repeated. The result is a unique fusion of gestural spontaneity, conscious composition, and experimental material use. The painting merges the immediate energy of Abstract Expressionism with the emotional expressiveness of figurative portrait painting and bears the artist’s distinctive handwriting of Daniel Witschkanow.
Facts
Title: The Fractured Gaze
Artist: Daniel Witschkanow
Year of creation: 2026
Technique: Acrylic painting, characteristic thread technique with painting medium, transparent glaze colors and gestural line work
Support: Canvas on stretchers
Dimensions: 70 x 50 cm
Orientation: Portrait format
Color scheme: Black, white, pink and dark red/wine red
Style: Contemporary art, abstract expressionism, expressive portrait painting, gestural abstraction, experimental thread art
Subject: Abstracted human portrait with intense eye area and asymmetric color composition
Unique piece: Original, handmade single painting
Signature: Signed by the artist
Authenticity certificate: With authenticity certificate from the artist
Condition: Original work from 2026
Framing: Canvas on stretchers, without an additional frame
Original work: No prints or reproductions
Room impact
Because of its expressive portrait composition and the intense interplay of black, white, and subdued pink tones, “The Fractured Gaze” develops an extraordinary visual presence. The painting is especially suitable for modern living spaces, luxurious interiors, stylish business premises, and discerning contemporary art collections.
The expressive line work and the striking face draw the eye immediately, while the complex color structures reveal new details up close. Especially under neutral, even gallery lighting, the black color densities and transparent glazes unfold their nuanced effect.
The work combines the elegance of restrained color design with a raw, emotionally charged visual language. It works well as a standalone focal point in minimalist spaces or as a powerful addition to an existing art collection.
Shipping
The original painting will be carefully and securely packed to best protect the canvas surface, edges, and the stretchers during transport.
A certificate of authenticity from the artist will be included.
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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Edition
Original
Sold by
Direct from the artist
Sold with frame
Yes
Artist
D. Witschkanow
Technique
Acrylic painting, Mixed technique
Title of artwork
► „The Fractured Gaze - RedBlack“ № I
Signature
Hand signed
Country of origin
Germany
Year
2026
Colour
Black, White
Condition
Excellent condition
Height
70 cm
Width
50 cm
Weight
3 kg
Depiction/theme
Portrait
Style
Abstract
Period
2020+
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