Title: Divided Reality 
Artist: Dan Forlenza
Medium: Acrylic on Canvas
Year: 2025
Size: 18” w. x 24” h.
Frame: none

A compelling study in fragmentation and form, this original acrylic painting deconstructs portraiture through the lens of modernist abstraction. Two visages emerge from a dynamic interplay of geometric planes and intersecting lines, their features deliberately fractured to reveal psychological depth and multiplicity. Rendered in a restrained yet commanding palette anchored by primary hues and stark contrasts, the work channels the visual language of early 20th-century avant-garde movements. The composition achieves a striking balance between structural rigor and emotional resonance, inviting contemplation of identity, perception, and the spaces between internal and external realities. At 24" x 18", this acrylic on canvas piece commands attention as both a sophisticated artistic statement and a transformative presence within any discerning collection.

Key Features & Artistry
Evocative Title & Composition: The title "Divided Reality” suggests a glimpse into an internal or external perspective, utilizing strong vertical and horizontal lines—including a prominent blue column with geometric accents—to frame the abstract faces.

This abstract composition harnesses the visual vocabulary of Cubism to explore the layered nature of human identity. Fragmented facial forms intersect and overlap across the canvas, their sharp contours and multifaceted planes suggesting psychological complexity and the coexistence of contradictory selves. The restrained palette of muted orange, soft grays, and creamy whites creates an understated elegance, punctuated by decisive black and white gestural marks that energize the composition. These interlocking figures convey simultaneous intimacy and distance, unity and division—a visual meditation on duality and the many dimensions of a single consciousness. Measuring 24" x 18", this acrylic on canvas work merges modernist rigor with introspective depth, offering a sophisticated exploration of how we perceive identity and presence.

Product Details
Medium: Acrylic paint on canvas

Dimensions: 18 inches wide by 24 inches high

Style: Modernism, Cubist-Inspired, Abstract Figurative, Graphic

Colors: Gray, Orange, Black, White

Condition: Excellent, Ready to hang

Original Painting signed by the artist. 

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Dan Forlenza creates using an assortment of physical media and digital tools.

• Active Artist Member at WAAM (Woodstock Artists Association & Museum), https://www.woodstockart.org/.  Since its founding in 1919, the Woodstock Artists Association & Museum has been committed to exhibiting, collecting and supporting artists and art education and in sustaining the tradition of Woodstock as a “Colony of the Arts.” WAAM is located in the center of the village of Woodstock, New York.
• Nationally published single panel comic artist with King Features Syndicate in weekly feature called "The New Breed" in the 1990s and more recently the co-creator of a sci-fi graphic novel series called "SUPERBUG".
• Creating NFT digital art since 2019 and ranked as one of the top NFT Artists with over 500 NFT artworks sold to over 230 NFT art collectors.
• Digital NFT Artwork is part of The Museum of Crypto Art (M○C△) permanent Genesis Collection.