Daniel Bottcher
Based in Brooklyn, NY
b. Chicago, IL
Fears and faces
(Airbrush, oil paint, oil pastel, oil stick on canvas, 32x48)
pillows
(canvas, charcoal, oil, oil pastel, oil sticks)
some experimantal work. thinking about work that doesn't have to touch a wall but also can lean against one. they are slightly rectangular but fight it with the stitches made on the surface and later covered with paint.
TOP WORK
Untitled
(Airbrush, oil paint, and oil stick)
Moving back into Color and airbrush which I’m excited about!!!! I think these three were successful for colors but I’m gonna slowly get back into full color and minimal black.
MIDDLE WORK
tech landscape
(Airbrush, oil paint, and oil stick)
BOTTOM WORK
back of heads
(Airbrush, oil paint, and oil stick)
TOP WORK
touching
(oil, oil pastel and oil stick)
BOTTOM LEFT WORK
plant matter 1
(oil, oil pastel and oil stick)
BOTTOM RIGHT WORK
plant matter 2
(oil, oil pastel and oil stick)
legs and lines
(oil, oil pastel and oil stick on canvas)
I want to get back into color so I’m getting to dark/ mid tones in my wooooorrkkkk! Enjoy!
Moon shadow 9- laying down
(Acrylic, oil, oil pastels, and oil sticks on canvas)
Moon shadow 8 - Faces people and things
( acrylic, oil, oil pastel and oil stick on canvas)
Moon shadow 2-7
(Charcoal, oilpaint, oil pastel)
(Oil and pastel on paper)
I’ve been experimenting with how deep I can get my colors without losing unique lines and textures.
We lose the light from the moon when flooded with lights and the city. The shadows created by the moon when there is nothing to subtract from its beauty is amazing. I think I’m gonna make a lil series under moon shadows for a couple paintings
LEFT WORK
stuffed animals
(Airbrush, oil pastel, and oil paint)
RIGHT WORK
Unknown
(Airbrush, oil pastel, and oil paint)
Stuffed animals 2
(Airbrush, oil pastel, and oil paint)
Laying down
(Airbrush, oil pastel, and oil paint)
fake phone
(airbrush, oil pastel, and oil paint on wood panel)
RIGHT WORK
faces and faces
(airbrush, oil pastel, and oil paint on wood panel)
Developing more technology-enhanced images to be my source imagery, I was thinking about ways to slow down my process and add another textural element to my work. Using an airbrush to create a soft base layer, then adding oil pastel to make a new layer of information, and finally, small touches of oil paint. I'm interested in the layering of materials and the sense of texture that is developed from these materials.
noses and a dog
(airbrush, oil pastel, and oil paint on wood panel)
This work has a sense of neon lights due to the layering of materials. I enjoy the colors but it is not my favorite work. It is missing some structure, so I will go back in and develop the work more.
Duplications 2
( oil pastel, and oil paint on paper)
molding at home
(oil pastel, and oil paint on paper)
LEFT WORK
cats and rods
(airbrush, oil pastel, and oil paint on wood panel)
RIGHT WORK
Duplications 1
(airbrush, oil pastel, and oil paint on wood panel)
my first experimentation with oil pastel and oil paint on panels. I often work big, but I wanted to create more intimate and small-scale pieces. I was struggling with art making, so working small helped me push out work in a quicker manner and is now something I find unique to my work. I was interested in layering and exposing marks with these. Adding oil paint on top helped slow down the work and add another layering element.
kiss me
(airbrush, oil pastel, and oil paint on wood panel)
In the windows
( air brush and oil on paper)
After doing the figure in the shadows painting I wanted to make more paintings with the same structure ( taking a photo with a shadow and ai generating into in)
This is one of three paintings I did in paper to elongate the ideas
The colors are based off of the emotion of the reference photo to transcribe the feeling.
Fingers and phone
( airbrush and oil on paper)
The second of three paper paintings
This one is the most interesting to me because of the layering and depth that was in the reference photo. I’m interested in shadows because they seem comfortable and welcoming but also like there is something that should be said.
Figures in the fence
(Airbrush and oil on paper)
The last of three paper paintings
This one is more simple with the lack of connecting shapes and the over use of the vibrating green. The soft red and green vibrate which brings energy to the piece.
Figures in the shadows
(Airbrush, spray paint and oil)
I painted this from an ai generated shadow I was developing. I started off with a picture I already had that played with shadow and slowly added more shadows with ai.
The colors are not from the image but from the feeling they have me. The figures seemed like they were looking and directed their eyes at the viewer. The mold and mesh together like they are one.
Class shadow
(Oil on paper)
I sketched this shadow in a notebook in class and thought it looked whimsical enough to paint. My idea was to transform the shadow into a space where the two figures could be placed into. It has a sense of an apocalyptic atmosphere with tbh warm tones running down the middle
White shadows
(Oil on canvas, 24x24)
I wanted to play around with different whites after speaking about them in class. Each white has its own unique characteristics and can add a whole new meaning to a work. I felt like the painting was flat so I added cold wax medium to it.
(Oil on canvas, 24x24)
I wanted to play around with different whites after speaking about them in class. Each white has its own unique characteristics and can add a whole new meaning to a work. I felt like the painting was flat so I added cold wax medium to it.
Feverish fan
(Oil on canvas, 20x20)
I’ve started to think about turning shadows into three dimensional forms. How do they stretch and how can the pull. I let the colors work for themselves and understand what I can do to create manipulations.
(Oil on canvas, 20x20)
I’ve started to think about turning shadows into three dimensional forms. How do they stretch and how can the pull. I let the colors work for themselves and understand what I can do to create manipulations.
Moving shadows
(Oil on canvas)
Eeeeekkkkk this painting is fun but not my favorite! It was a little rough but it came out well. My goal was to make a shadow feel dimensional and it came out slightly rounded and alsooo feels like it’s moving and shifting.
Shadow and his friend
(Oil on canvas)
First works of junior year! I think they came out well. The shadow painting was fun but the dog was not as rewarding
Summer spiral
(Oil and acrylic on canvas, 60x60)
This piece was a a whole summer project. I started it all the way back in may! It is constructed of shapes and forms I drew from real life focusing on representation and the braking of the motion. I’m usually scared of color and this piece still reflects that with muted tones and only one prominent tone of florescent orange. I kept some of the pink from the group in because it plays into the whole composition of how I placed the initial layer of acrylic.
Sisters
(Acrylic and oil on canvas,50x50)
This painting is based off of a photo I took of my sister and her friends a year or two ago on spring break. I thought that this color palette reflected the energy in the original photo the best. The warm colors show the positive relationship in between the figures. The bass color of the painting is burnt sienna often used for under paintings but because it’s a non traditional painting I wanted to use it as the overarching color. I struggle with blending a little bit so I might go back it and create smother transition of color.
A shadow from home
(Oil and ink on canvas,40x50)
I haven’t been home in a while but I ran across a photo of a shadow that was coming through a window in my living room back home. It had interesting shapes so i painted it. I wanted to play with extending old scraps of canvas by sewing them together. I then did an ink base and oil on top. The stroke hold a lot of emotions and frustration so they are ridged in some places. I added some white peeks to round out some of the shapes to give it some more dimension.
Emotion bow 1
(oil on canvas, 24x36)
I wanted to experiment with the bow again but have it express emotion and a state of mind. It’s always interesting to apply emotion and expressions to something that can’t feel. While color and shape may change throughout the different stages of the emotion it all is grounded in the first upbringing of that state.
Bows to me now are an extra limb of me. I don’t think I’ll get rid of them for a while they will keep changing and evolve with me.
Green waters
(oil on canvas, 20x20)
Another painting from today! Came out well and looks sick in my book.
(oil on canvas, 20x20)
Another painting from today! Came out well and looks sick in my book.
Bows on canvas
(Ink, acrylic, and oil on loss canvas)
I’d like to stretch it evenly but for now it’s unstretched. I’d me interested in stretching it so the shapes go over the edges and fall off the canvas
(Ink, acrylic, and oil on loss canvas)
I’d like to stretch it evenly but for now it’s unstretched. I’d me interested in stretching it so the shapes go over the edges and fall off the canvas
3 weeks of green
(Oil on canvas, 90x60)
I think it’s done for now. I might go back in and add white or even a light green.
My idea was to create even weight in the two canvases and to create some sort of separation of imagery.
bows galore
(acrylic on canvas,32x48)
This is for my painting processes class. We made acrylic paint and so I thought it would be fun to play with overlapping! I matched the bows in the back to the gesso and added on a darker green to create some slight dimension. The red bow was the finishing touch and pops so wonderfully!