Overview:
Dan Verkys’ visual art occupies a striking intersection of dark surrealism and symbolic storytelling, where the grotesque and the beautiful are forced into the same frame and asked to coexist. His works often function like waking nightmares—constructed worlds that feel meticulously engineered yet emotionally volatile. Through elaborate textures, distorted anatomies, and theatrical lighting, Verkys builds images that push beyond shock value and into psychological territory, encouraging the viewer to confront themes of decay, transformation, and the fragility of identity. What makes his work compelling is not just the intensity of its imagery but its layered intentionality: beneath the monstrous forms and dystopian atmospheres lie narratives of struggle, resilience, and the uneasy relationship between humanity and the forces that threaten to unmake it. In this way, Verkys’ art becomes more than a visual spectacle—it is an immersive exploration of the human condition expressed through a lens of dark imagination.
Last Recorded Art:
Digital Art
Although I’m not a huge proponent of social media, on Facebook, there is a small community of people who follow my digital work. My digital work is also featured on Instagram.
Paintings
25cm x 35cm – acrylic, oil pastel, marker, on canvas.
Drawing: Idea construction and journaling
I keep visual journals, small A6 sized diaries where I hash out ideas, try out a particular method, write to get something off my mind, or to document a feeling. These little grimoires are my daily release, untidy, often rushed, but helpful tools to combat a day.
Last Drawing Recorded
Random scribbles to unclog my mind(s):
In the Studio
Dan Verkys 