Daniel Peci

The driving force behind my work is exploration, to see myself and the world around me with new eyes every day without any preconceived ideas, searching for an understanding and clarity in the complex beauty and logic of nature's design.
I communicate by using a visual language composed of color, shapes and values, by creating images that invoke a certain emotional resonance that speaks in ways beyond the canvas.
The human emotion is my main subject, whatever form it may take, a portrait, figure, nude or a simple still life and I try to translate that same emotion in my own way using my own tools.
I find that the human face or body can say so much through expression or a certain pose and I think that communicates really well with the observer because it speaks in ways that are familiar to all of us or may reveal something new which is why I choose the figure as the main component of my creative expression.
Oil is a medium that conveys that emotion for me, I look for fluidity and spontaneity in my work while trying to render a particular moment or place that holds a special interest for my creative spirit.
The techniques that I'm using developed in me over a period of time, using now only the ones that are the most suitable for...