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Daniel KetelhutSurrealistic Painting "Soft Alchemy"2025
2025
$850
£647.95
€740.24
CA$1,196.07
A$1,310.07
CHF 689.75
MX$15,635.22
NOK 8,790.25
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About the Item
Soft Alchemy is one of the paintings from Daniel Kettlehut’s Karma and Rebirth series, exploring transformation and the subtle interplay of past and present. Rooted in the Buddhist concept of dependent origination, the work reflects how every moment and form is shaped by preceding conditions, creating a continuous cycle of change.
Built through layered transparent glazes interspersed with opaque passages, traces of earlier compositions remain visible, revealing the dialogue between concealment and emergence. The palette of blue, dark blue, white, and grey conveys calm, depth, and introspection, while flowing drips and delicate gestures suggest movement, flux, and impermanence. Hovering between abstraction and figuration, the painting invites the viewer to engage intuitively, experiencing transformation as a layered, ongoing process of revelation and resonance.
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- Creator:Daniel Ketelhut (American)
- Creation Year:2025
- Dimensions:Height: 18 in (45.72 cm)Width: 23 in (58.42 cm)Depth: 1 in (2.54 cm)
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- Gallery Location:San Diego, CA
- Reference Number:1stDibs: LU1593217383292
Born in Freeport, Illinois in 1966, Daniel Ketelhut is an emerging painter who currently resides in San Diego, California. Ketelhut graduated in 1990 from San Diego State University with a BA in Art, emphasis in studio art, and was recognized with distinction in his major. The otherworldly subject matter of his imaginative, colorful paintings is largely self-generated. Depicting strange, biomorphic creatures and fantastic realms, it often explores the themes of mystery and transcendence. In addition to his formal education, Ketelhut is self-taught, which he considers to be just as important. His work has been seen in several solo exhibitions as well as numerous group shows both locally and nationally. His work is included in both national and international private collections. “I draw and paint to lift the veils of everyday and catch glimpses of a world which seems strange and unfamiliar, but is reflective of what is in many ways a more substantial reality – the inner, subconscious world available to all of us.” – Ketelhut
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