Daniel Storms, Belgian brutalist painter - Raw urban abstraction
I lived in London for the last four years, and this resulted in a deep fascination with the raw beauty of brutalist architecture, which I translate onto canvas in abstract compositions.
My paintings are often layered and imbued with a monumental silence, as if built from concrete, steel, and stillness.
I work with an instinctive approach, focusing on the physical process of painting. My canvases seem to bear the scars of an inner struggle, captured through paint and structure.
My next exhibition:
BiAF - Belgian International Art Fair 2025
11 and 12 October
Waagnatie Expo
Rijnkaai 150
Antwerp
My Portfolio
The other half L&R - SOLD
Size : 120 cm x 140 cm each, Year : 2025, I feel light, no city life pressure, the colours came naturally. '“Structuur zonder...
Waar ramen zwijgen - SOLD
Size : 90 cm x 90 cm Year : 2025 A unique painting combining acrylic, coloured ink and a layer of epoxy. “Brutalisme is geen stijl, maar...
Cite radieuse
Size : 160 cm x 140 cm Year : 2025 “La composition s’inspire de l’architecture : des formes se bloquent, des masses s’entrechoquent.”
The decay of brutalist city
Size : 100 cm x 100 cm year : 2025 Part of a series I made, based on my time living in London. “My work reflects the weight of cities —...
Emerald City
Size : 140 cm x 120 cm Year : 2025 One of the paintings I made when returning to the Belgian countryside - an urban influence, but very...
Forme Silencieuse
Size : 160 cm x 140 cm Year : 2025 One of the 4 large works I made for my solo-exhibition 'De schoonheid van het ruwe' in De...
Fissure
Size : 160 cm x 140 cm Year : 2025 A powerful monochrome piece breathing a metropolitan, All with lots of layers and a striking dramatic...
Mirroir brut
Size : 160 cm x 140 cm Year : 2025 this work captivates my views on big cities perfectly. I used the picture of this painting for my...
Onder de huid van de stad
Size : 100 cm x 100 cm Year : 2024 A dramatic cityscape with lots of relief and tension between dark and light areas. “De compositie...
The dialoque with a brutalist city
Size : 100 cm x 100 cm Year : 2024 Part of the series inspired by my 4 years living in the centre of London “When I paint brutalist...
Thames - SOLD
Size : 100 cm x 100 cm Year : 2024 A minimalist view on the city of London, the Thames viewed from the south bank. “Brutalism in my work...
Squelette urbain
Size : 100 cm x 100 cm Year : 2025 This city view with the striking gold area, has a 50's vibe, which works well with the brown and grey...
Concrete hunger
Size : 100 cm x 100 cm Year : 2024 Part of the 'rainy windows' series where I created the feeling you are at home, looking through a...
Tussen de barsten en het licht
Size : 80 cm x 120 cm Year : 2024 Dark, cracks and contrast : my views on a brutalist city on the light playing through it. “Het...
Hounds of winter
Size : 60 cm x 90 cm Year : 2024 An acrylic painting finished with black ink, inspired by my favourite Sting song.
Volume brut
Size : 100 cm x 150 cm Year : 2024 A multi-layered complex city view. “Je rature, je couvre, je découvre. Ce n’est jamais propre. Ce...
Betonhart
Size : 100 cm x 100 cm Year : 2024 “Ik schilder steden zoals ik mensen zie: Soms gebroken en gelaagd, maar steeds vol leven"
Stadsruis
Size : 120 cm x 140 cm Year : 2024 A monochrome chiaroscuro piece, rich in contrast and layered tension. Its depth draws the eye into a...
De buik van de stad
Size : 100 cm x 100 cm Year : 2025 A monochrome dark painting, with cracks and a lot of contrast. Take time to examine the painting, see...
Spanning
Size : 100 cm x 100 cm Year : 2025 I create a brutalist painting in 3 phases: 1. symmetry 2. add contrast 3. infuse some controlled...
Periferie
Size : 100 cm x 100 cm Year : 2025 More chaos, more colour, more passion. “Mijn werk tracht de ademhaling van de stad te vangen : zwaar...
London calling - SOLD
Size : 140 cm x 100 cm Year : 2024 London city scape with lots of contract created by layers of acrylic paint and topped with watery...
The weight of red
Size : 100 cm x 100 cm Year : 2025 "not pictures of the world, but foundations of its silence"
View on rainy windows - SOLD
Size : 100 cm X 100 cm Year : 2025 An abstraction of a view on a brutalist city through a rainy window. Acrylic finished with a a thin...
Growth under pressure - SOLD
Size : 100 cm X 100 cm Year : 2025 "every painting of mine carries the scars of struggle, the strength of survival"
Triptych - brutal view
Size : 100 cm x 80 cm each, Year : 2025 "I build with silence, layering walls that breathe"
Brutal view 2/3 - Part of the triptych - SOLD
Size : 100 cm x 80 cm Year : 2025 "Brutal abstraction: where hardness meets vulnerability"
Eroded silence
Size : 80 cm x 80 cm Year : 2025 "echoes of cities distilled into canvas"
Fractured calm
Size : 80 cm x 80 cm Year : 2025 "I build structures of silence, hoping they will not collapse"
Bare surface
Size : 80 cm X 80 cm Year : 2025 "I construct my emotions the way cities are built : with walls, fractures and empty spaces"
Silent structure
Size : 80 cm X 80 cm Year : 2025 "Behind every harsh line lies a tender hesitation"
Thames reflection
Size : 80 cm x 60 cm Year : 2023 A dark impression of the Thames river meandering through London. "I don't paint what I see, only what...
Rainy rhythms
Size : 80 cm X 60 cm Year : 2023 "each canvas is a mirror of the weight I carry inside"
Work the black seam
Size : 50 cm X 80 cm Year : 2024 Inspired by Sting's 'We Work The Black Seam' song written in 1985. "This place has changed for...