In this new STRIPES series, the mahogany with its natural grain has completely disappeared from a number of the works; he continues the process of milling, filling, and polishing until it is visually filled. Whereas previously the mahogany forced him to make choices in relation to the hard plastic colours of the epoxy, in this series, he strives to minimise those choices. The result is a ‘painting-that-is-not-a-painting’; a work that exists within the medium. The image is created purely by executing actions and eliminating the tiny ‘mistakes’ that constantly arise during the laborious process. Each work is a celebration of colour and sometimes gives the impression of having been created using the Paint program on a PC. However, these works by Daan were not created by simply moving the cursor across the screen!
In 2018, multidisciplinary conceptual artist Den Houter initiated a new oeuvre with a series of epoxy-in-wood pieces, which he titled The STRIPES series. This solo exhibition was titled "En Wat Nu? / So, What Now?" The following exhibition was followed by NOU EN / So What (2021) and DIT DUS / So This (2023).
