Daniel Phill

Daniel Phill has developed a unique style that is not bound to either representation or abstraction. First and foremost a colorist, Phill often creates with fiery, saturated hues. Working in an Expressionist style, he pieces together organic shapes in his paintings and teases images from splatters of paint. His canvases demonstrate an impressive control of the materials used. In large, loose gestures, he describes essential details — long, slender tendrils become reeds, pressed and flattened pools of paint turn into petals, and delicate veins emerge from colors bleeding together. Known mostly for his abstracted botanical imagery, the paintings bear his signature bold strokes and improvised gestures. Phill's approach has been described as using an “unrehearsed expressionism” in an “anarchic manner.”