collaboration #3 (Dorothy) Painting

“Like my life, my work should not be stagnant while embracing the beauty of imperfection. Pencil, paint, camera”. Daniel Stern defines himself as a “mark-maker” who blurs the line between painting and drawing. He executes a process of constructing and deconstructing the surface with layers of information over various grounds with focused attention to each mark and each layer of information. Through this "process" of building, erasing, and replicating the immediacy he achieves from creating his smaller abstract works; (stapled, glued and taped vignettes of collages and drawings on paper and mylar), so Daniel can ‘figure things out’. Daniel is a visual artist with a Neurological Disability (MS) diagnosed in 1997 that lead to a journey of self-discovery, re-invention, and meditation to adapt and embrace the disease and its impact to “Self”. As a result Daniel discovered a true-self and purpose, which revealed the “beauty of imperfection” both visually and philosophically. These themes pervade his work. Daniel has kept his art practice private for the last 30 years while earning an income from a software sales career. His sales position was eliminated in the early stages of the pandemic, Daniel saw this as a gift to embrace his lifelong passion and focus on his art practice. He is presently seeking Gallery representation while selling his work privately. When not in the studio, he is a passionate photographer who earned a stipend and exhibition for his street photography series "Your Other Self" in 2016. Above all, he is a very proud father of a magical daughter. Born in Passaic, NJ USA