D Derek’s work extends a luminous invitation to those in search of connection, both with others and with the mysteries of existence. His ethereal landscapes, surreal figures, and immersive dreamlike installations become sanctuaries for reflection—spaces where viewers can contemplate their place within the cosmos.
Through vivid color, bold forms, and intuitive composition, he constructs visual meditations that move between the known and the imagined. His practice is rooted in a deep, personal dialogue with the environment, revealing a quiet reverence for the natural world and the inner life. These works are not merely images; they are journeys—poetic and paradoxical—balancing intensity with serenity, grounding with transcendence.
Viewers are invited to pause, to reimagine space and suspend time, and to seek out a collective truth of what it means to be alive.
D Derek attended Parsons School of Design, American Conservatory Theatre for Dramatic Arts and Providence College. He is a recipient of: a New England Foundation for the Arts Grant, State of Connecticut DMHAS Arts Initiative Grant, public art commissions by the City of Norwich and Ocean Chamber of Commerce, awarded an ARPA Grant and an Artist Professional Development Cohort Grant and recently accepted to the Masters Abstraction Intensive In-Residence program at the Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art and the Vermont Studio Center. He also placed 1st for Abstract Art at the New York City Washington Square Art Exhibit, presented at the New Britain Museum of American Art, and is a current art educator at the Mystic Museum of Art. His artwork is in many private residences, corporate locations, galleries in the U.S. and Europe.
He was selected in the International Contemporary Artist Book, Volume XI and is featured in Vellum Magazine as an emerging artist.