Daniel Petrov has produced a large and consistent body of artwork. His paintings are executed in oil and acrylic and his drawings in pencil, acrylic and ink. Fascinated with the human figure, Daniel has developed a dynamic and sensuous visual idiom. He strives less for realism than emotional acuity. Characteristic are his long, fervent brush strokes and a penchant for vivid colors, whimsical gestures and heightened expressions.

Daniel was born in Bulgaria in 1966. The son of political exiles, he grew up in Munich, Germany. After a brief stint in medical school he turned to visual arts. He studied painting and filmmaking at the San Francisco Art Institute and graduated with a BFA in 1992. In 1995 he moved to New York City, where for ten years he worked as a cameraman, shooting over 1000 television news stories and numerous documentaries for international broadcasters. With an ever-growing output of art, Daniel began pursuing a life as a painter. In 2006 he settled in the Tampa Bay area. He has exhibited in ten solo shows and over sixty group shows across the US. From 2008-11 he headed the Education Department at Art Center Sarasota, successfully planning and implementing hundreds of programs. Currently Daniel teaches expressive figure painting classes and is hard at work preparing a new series of paintings relating the global human psychodrama. Occasionally he also writes on contemporary art. Daniel is married to Japanese children's book artist Yumiko Tateishi with whom he has a daughter, Jun, and a son, Kenji.