Daniel Elzinga

Artist - Canada

Starting with automatic paintings and combining photographic digital image transfers I bring into question how our preoccupations with perceptions are influenced by what we see.

Many of the images which are recognizable, are buried beneath layers of abstract painting and have been altered. I have been living for very long time in two worlds. In one I am the master artist, capable of rendering many images with many different materials. On the other hand I am an experimenter.

I like to try new things, combining materials in different ways and generally having fun with whatever medium I’m using, including this keyboard. My art is presented in aspects of experimentation and discovery found in expression and creativity. My materials and subject matter tends to come from what is familiar, my home, the landscape around me and the people I know.

But the approach is still non-objective and automatic. The titles for each piece represent what I have seen in this approach to creativity. I often feel I go too far trying to bring realism back into the abstracts I start with.

I always start with a painting and then introduce the digital imagery. Works are often finished with more painting creating a multi-layered construct.