 Daniel Bottero graduated from the National School of Fine Arts, Buenos Aires. He earned his Master’s Degree at the Academia Italiana di Belle Arti, Lucca, Italy. From 1986 to 1990 Bottero resided and worked in Paris. Since 1990 he has lived and worked in New York. Bottero’s work has been shown throughout the world. His paintings are featured in the corporate collections of Citibank, Xerox, Avon, Merrill Lynch and JP Morgan Chase Bank. His artwork is featured in many private collections including those of Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton, Dan Marino, Gloria and Emilio Estefan, Al Pacino, Steven Segal and Oscar de la Hoya. The artist has exhibited at Ft. Lauderdale Museum of Art, Ft. Lauderdale, FL, Museum of Latin American Art, Laguna Beach, CA, Museo de Arte de Ponce, Ponce, Puerto Rico and Cultural Center Recoleta, Buenos Aires, Argentina. Bottero’s paintings are also featured at both Sotheby's and Christie's auction houses, New York. NY. www.botterodaniel.com
Artist’s Statement
It is a divine privilege to slip into the moments of unpremeditated creation that bring me face to face with the unknown. When I am painting, my brush strokes against the canvas are searching for an answer between unconscious and rhythmical movements.
I step back for air and space. The essence of creation runs for my arms… my entire body… my soul…. In the background, there is the music… the dancing light… darkness… sensations that run through my flesh… spaces… scents… instruments of my passion. All these blend in an enchanting symphony.
When it is over, I am left with no recollections of how it happened. And yet, I find myself confronted with a finished creation, waiting to be shared so that it might become the source of new and deeper inspiration.
My restless longing for all that is creative, intuitive, sincere and harmonious leads me to a place that transcends conventional reality. Mastering of my medium grants me an eternal freedom of expression. It is a genesis, sowing within me a desire to give birth to just one universal creation: a work of art that might awaken sensations that lie dormant in all of our hearts. A painting to inspire all humanity to join and participate in our own evolution.
Our past, our present and our future all influence my paintings. Yesterday, today, my life, New York, new encounters, loves, dreams, loneliness, strange noises and sorrows. Each painting I create is an essential part of my inner being. My work speaks many languages, communicates on several levels at the same time. A unique psychological interaction between reality and fantasy, one that transports the observer into a dreamlike encounter with the sublime.
And on these journeys, I am with them always!
It is just me;
and this is my world!
Welcome!
Daniel
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