Daniel Abramovich

From the time he was a boy, people didn’t know what to make of Daniel Abramovich. An introvert, he was quiet to the point of not speaking at all. Some thought that he was dumb, while others presumed he was sick. What they didn’t understand was that Daniel’s attention was focused on observing the world around him. His senses were like fountains of mesmerizing waterfalls. For as long as he can remember, he could feel the planet’s heart beating within him; he could feel its pain and lose himself in its beauty.

From his observations, he developed an obsession with human behaviour, and how evolution had brought human beings to their current state. Daniel studied everything from ancient world cultures to the bones of decayed animals. To the bemusement of his mother, he would often bring home the carcasses of rotting squirrels from local parks and reconstruct their skeletons. The sketches he made from his scientific explorations would later become the foundation of his art.

When he started painting in his early adolescence, a theme emerged across his work. Ironically, the child that hardly spoke was using the canvas to explore how people communicated, or, more often, how they failed to communicate. By this time, Daniel had shed some of his introversion, but nevertheless remained a consummate watcher of the world, which led him to develop some unique abilities. He could absorb a room full of faces and conversations in an instant. He also found that he had an uncanny ability to read peoples body language, which provided him clear insight into their emotional cores.

His inimitable style is a product of his hypersensitivity and his insatiable curiosity. Today, he plies his craft across numerous media. Whether digital, acrylic, film, ink or music, the constant for Daniel is a sort of pleasurable aggression, which is perhaps most apparent in his painting’s severe line work, natural drips and bold colours.