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Dan Verkys – Residing in Melbourne, Australia, Dan’s work can be found in numerous publications and CD packages both nationally and internationally. His online site contains links to extensive galleries of work using the mediums of mixed media and digital compositing bringing his own perspective to the horror / fantasy genre. He has also provided his style of imagery to the fields of film, book covers, comics, CD packages, advertising and web design. According to him his ideas stem from a combination of insanity, fear and a distorted over active imagination. By day he works in a corporate graphics environment and by night he works on his own art and on design work for a variety of projects with entertainers, authors, artists etc.
STATEMENT
For as long as I can remember I’ve had an odd fascination with dark imagery, in recent years my art has not been overly focused on juvenile gore or the gratuitous, I’m discovering that dark art can be so much more than that. With my art, I attempt to combine the sinister with the beautiful, I‘m forever trying to find balance, that nexus where the two meet in harmony. I’ve been touched by the work of surreal artists such as Salvador Dali and Zdzislaw Beksinski, and I’m heavily influenced by the work of H.R Giger and Mike Bohatch, which, for better or worse is quite evident in my work.
Personally the digital realm offers so many possibilities to me, I love its limitless possibilities, the digital medium provides me what I need to create art that is at times thought provoking and disturbing. There’s a fine line between reality and fantasy, and an even finer line between sane and insane, these are the common threads to my work, fine lines indeed, which I like to tip toe back and forward across in an attempt to dispel personal fears and pose possible answers to unimaginable questions. The digital world is my playground, this is where I create my own reality and art that I feel people of a similar mindset are starting to connect with.
EXHIBITIONS
Featured in numerous publications worldwide, including numerous CD packaging, book covers etc.
2009 the first public viewing of his work was a part of ‘The Third Degree’ an alternative club event combining Dan’s art, with bands, DJ’s, burlesque dancers and other dark entertainers.
2011 Dan exhibited 23 images as part of 'Illumination', accompanied by musician Stephen Oakes from Scissor Grinder. Dan along with several other artists, projected their work onto an old bluestone building before a small crowd on a chilly winter night.
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