Video: Castles in the air and gingerbread houses in Daniel Merriam's surreal painting
2024 Author: Richard Flannagan | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-15 23:55
Daniel Merriam is one of the foremost surrealist painters of our time. His watercolor paintings invite the viewer to take a journey into a world where fantasy and reality collided and exploded in splashes of color, shapes and symbols.
A distinctive feature of many of Daniel's works is the presence in the paintings of various architectural forms and structures. Light and graceful, pink and white, they resemble gingerbread houses and castles in the air, soaring among the clouds. This is no coincidence: Daniel Merriam is an architect, so he knows how not only to draw houses, but also to build them. And that's why, probably, his painted buildings turn out to be so perfect and alive.
Constantly striving for perfection, Merriam never stops experimenting with materials. “I have probably tried to paint with all brushes and on all types of paper that are only known to man,” the artist says with a smile. And he advises his colleagues not to stop searching, develop their own unique style in painting and never be afraid of risk: “Mother Nature is always playing and experimenting,” says Merriam. - And what about you? Daniel undoubtedly knows what he is talking about: it is difficult to confuse his work with someone else's, and the author calls his style “esthetic dada”.
Watercolor is a tricky technique, as it is difficult to control due to its rapid drying. However, Daniel, despite the lack of art education, copes with it masterfully. “Fast drying, stains and blots are the nature of watercolor. You need to learn how to make these properties of her work in your favor, and not against you."
Daniel Merriam was born on February 1, 1963 in the small village of York Harbor (Maine, USA). The author has been directly involved in painting since 1986. See more of his surreal work at website.
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