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Daniel Castan
Blue and Lights - original abstract oil cityscape - Contemporary artwork

2025

$4,069.07
£2,950
€3,470.57
CA$5,630.98
A$6,266.82
CHF 3,262.66
MX$75,678.60
NOK 40,916.74
SEK 38,648.43
DKK 25,915.91

About the Item

This exceptional artwork is currently on display and available for sale at Signet Contemporary Art Gallery and online. Blue and Lights by Daniel Castan is an oil on canvas masterpiece that reimagines the energy of an urban night through an abstracted cityscape style. The towering silhouettes of skyscrapers rise into a hazy, luminous sky, while the street below glows with vibrant bursts of yellow, orange, and red. Castan’s deft palette knife work brings a tactile quality to the piece, capturing the movement, light, and atmosphere of the city in a way that feels both immediate and dreamlike. The composition draws the viewer down a rain-slicked street, reflections shimmering across the surface like ribbons of light. Cool cobalt and ultramarine tones dominate the scene, providing a serene contrast to the fiery hues that mark the flow of traffic and neon signs. These opposing temperatures create a striking balance, evoking the push and pull between the calm immensity of the city’s structures and the restless pulse of its streets. In Blue and Lights, the artist’s abstracted approach strips away unnecessary detail, allowing colour, form, and texture to tell the story. The suggestion of architectural forms, blurred edges, and bold strokes imbue the painting with a sense of motion, as if the city is alive and breathing. It’s a work that invites viewers to step into a fleeting moment — a quiet pause amidst the chaos — and feel the beauty in its ever-changing rhythm. Artist Biography: Born in 1959 in Dordogne, Daniel Castan draws from a very young age. He graduated from the School of Fine Arts of Bordeaux. When he was 40 years old, he started painting again just for the pure pleasure of it. At age 48, he left everything to follow his dreams. At the beggining of his professional life Daniel Castan travelled a lot to New York and Hong Kong. He had a special fascination for the urban world and their exaggerated perspectives. In his paintings, he tries to recreate these graphic environments. The lines of the buildings get lost in the sky, the long avenues seem endless, the colors collide. The artist works direclty from his memories and imagination. Daniel Castan chose to paint with alkyd oil. This kind of oil works just like classical oil, but the binder in it, is a kind of resin that allows accelerated drying. His favorite tool is the knife, it allows him to work with paste, and to draw in different materials.
  • Creator:
    Daniel Castan
  • Creation Year:
    2025
  • Dimensions:
    Height: 39.38 in (100 cm)Width: 39.38 in (100 cm)Depth: 1.19 in (3 cm)
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  • Gallery Location:
    London, GB
  • Reference Number:
    1stDibs: LU468316772242

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