tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16459239373344928112012-02-16T13:23:33.231-08:00Don DeLeva fine artDeLevahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08903915601258685567noreply@blogger.comBlogger671100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1645923937334492811.post-8037907089969240062011-10-28T23:02:00.000-07:002011-10-28T23:02:47.730-07:00

Here is a new painting I am working on, this is stage 2. Not sure where it is going I also wanted to let you know I am excited to tell you I have my first retrospective At the Fine Arts & Creatives Emporium in Everett Wa. next month.!!!

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I finished SkipJack this weekend, I will post the final painting tonight... Art is about the mulit-layering of an idea like an onion peals back a layer to reveal another layer. I paint in mulit images and layers to emulate this process, thus the importance of only hinting at images. I want you to fill in the blanks of what you are looking at. After all wasn't it your teachers and your parents

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I painted for money and I didn't like it. Now I paint for myself and I feel like I am actually making a contribution to the creative conciseness of Seattle. Showing my art in cafes brings the work to the masses of people who live everyday life. When you go to galleries you see art that sells, otherwise the gallery would not be in business. My art is not in galleries because it's hard to sell

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As a way of reinventing yourself you have to break down those things you thought defined you. I thought painting defined me so much that I let the world start to influence my work in order to fit in, in order to make money, in order to be understood. But the cost is too high for me to give up the one thing that makes me feel like I can make an offering to the world, my own creativity no matter

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Yes i have been painting, this is somthing whipped up today after painting the house. It's called Bankers Shame...at this point. I am not sure it is finished. I

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They say reinventing yourself is a good thing, well I agree. In the last 3 years I have felt I have been rehashing my old ideas and thoughts, focusing on Art history and the elements of Art. I decided this year to start something I felt was based in the future and the here and now. Object Oriented Programming is an art form I have not really explored so I have made it my goal to understand and

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As I design more and more websites I think more about squares. Last night I had a dream that I was rebuilding my face in CSS3 and HTML5. I remember seeing my hands, my fingers were typing out a Div tag with the Id "eyes". Once that happened I was able to see the browser version of my face and the outlines of all the boxes I had created to form the portrait of my face which was actually me alive.

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The painting below. Salmon Eater spawn a new direction. Currently I am working on 5 paintings all of which have this collage of images that fade in to the next. I am excited to see what they look like when I am finished.

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I have never liked the obvious, my stint with pop surrealism was an experiment with telling people what to see. I came out of it feeling hollow and like a production artist. Honestly I don't have the personality to tell people I am right and everyone else is wrong, only I know what is wrong for me. I don't mean to be cryptic and strange I just think that touching on the vague is powerful. It

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I don't have too much news today being I have been working for the last 10 days straight(except yesterday). I do have 4 paintings I am working on right now hopfully I will have some new work to show you in the next month.

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I've been working a lot in the last few weeks. All though that means I can finaly eat it also means I haven't been bloging much. Well I have been painting quite a bit. I would say in the last4 weeks I have started 4 paintings, finished 3 worked into 3 and still have not come to a conclusion on " Salmon eater". I have been toying with the idea of leaving the thin veil of white over the image but

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This is the next progression of the Salmon Eater. A new title is starting to arise from it, Gold Lust. You can still see the original composition hasn't changed too much but the integration of the bottom part of the painting is starting to become a part of the work. I don't know if the work is finished, I like the misty quality and the sloppy suggestions of shapes that become foundations for

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  I still haven't gone back to Salmon Eater, but it awaits my return. Like I said I finish the Skull, sorry I finished it in one night, Here is it. Title:Summer Nights Medium: oil on clay board Size: 5"x5" Date: 11.2010 It would be nice to say that you can see some of the original scratching or black but all is painted :-).

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Title: Rebirth Medium: Acrylic on canvas Size: 4"x6" date: 11.2010

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So the Skull painting is finished. I forgot so take photos of the progress while painting it. See the problem is that I finished it in one sitting, I usually take photos after each sitting. Oh well I will get it right. Salmon Eater has not been changed yet. It needed to dry a little, this time I will take pictures.

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1. 2. 3. Painting 1.  is a finished painting called Salmon Eater. Painting 2. is what happens to works that sit in my studio too long. They get sanded and changed into another painting. LOL! Painting 3. This is the 3rd stage in the repainting. Notice how it is starting to look completely different. As I paint my subject changes because I really don't ever have a subject to paint this

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At this point you can see that I have scratched in a skull and then dripped paint over the panel. I used a very "loose" paint to drip an organic grid for me to work with. ( in the same way that bones are an organic scaffolding for the muscles.) The paint is oil, it's 1 part paint to 6 parts turpentine.  It's called lean paint because the oil has been broken down in favor of flow and dying

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I have had a lot of people ask me to show them how I paint. I am going to try to answer that by taking you through a painting from start to finish. This is a photo of a piece of Masonite that used to be a scrap piece of Scratch board sitting on my easel. Some times I find things and work over them. At this point I have done nothing to the Masonite.

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"16. If words are used, and they proceed from ideas about art, then they are art and not literature; numbers are not mathematics. " Sol De Witt Numbers are not mathematics in my art. They are representations of emotions mixed with mystery. They come to me as I am painting and I feel it is important to include them in the content of the work because they came to me in the creative process.

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Title: Skull in Motion Medium: Oil size: 6"x 6" x.5

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This is simply the most incredible video I have seeing in the last 10 years of my life. 2 of my all time heroes in life together playing one of the best songs ever! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sSLwhnUiNDs

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SO my website is almost finished. Actually I got the front page and supplemental pages completed except the Archive and Dollhedz page. These will be finished up in the next month. I created the templates for the pages so it shouldn't take too much time once I get other work out of the way. These last 2 weeks have been crazy. I had 3 shows to put up a cold and 14 days of work in a row. That

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The show at tasty went well. I sold these three paintings.

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So this weekend I am getting ready to Hang at the Auburn city Court house for October. It should be a good show.

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Title: Untitled Medium: Oil on panel, gold leaf Size: 42"x46" This painting is comes to me as an abstracted Mecha coming alive for the first time. Title: Untitled2 Medium: Oil on panel Size: 28"x36" I have this thing for abstracting skulls, it's a reference to the fact that our bones supports a bio machine that runs a spirit. The abstracted shapes and colors are the live with in the

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Title: 12 Medium: oil on wood, gold leaf. Here is one of the first pieces I painted this year. It's had 3 shows this year. 2 in Seattle and one in Portland. It has one more show before the year is over. You can see the earlier stages of this painting in an earlier blog. It was originally two paintings that I painted over and bolted together.

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It's been along time since I gave you any updates at all. I am really sorry about that. I have had a lot of things going on, most of them have centered around the art of computer graphics and Flash. For those of you that think I have given up on my quest for truth and using my freedom of expression, I say to you Have more faith in me! Flash and code only add to my skills of fine art. You will

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My website will soon be going through some changes in a good way. I think I will be changing Dollhedz.com into a Flash Factory. As ActionScript be comes more of an art tool for me I will be posting my experiments in code their. I also might change the name from dollhedz to some thing else, but I am not at the stage just yet. I have lots of new work but I have not had time to take photos, I swear

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This is AWESOME!!!! I found this on youtube and have been fascinated with the building of robots out of smoke. http://www.youtube.com/user/mozryzel#p/u/3/TGlv4KhdhIE Look at this painting above by Severini, it came out of Italy in 1915. It is from a Movement called Futurism , spawned out of the first mechanized war WWI. ( Industrialized murder by machine). This link is a great sampling of

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In the last 2 weeks I have been getting in to a Japanese Mecha called Armored Core. Here is an example of a Next: I have been in to Mecha for a long time, but It never really hit me like Armored Core has. More on them next post. I gotta go.

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It's been a little while since I picked up a brush and painted in oils. I forgot how nice it is to make what ever mark I want, when ever I want. For example, In oils I get the option of wiping out what I painted last night in a way that looks like I never purposefully painted it, like it was a some "happy mistake". Adding volume and light in oils the next day is a luxury since doing the same in

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So this year in October I have 2 big shows, one is at the City of Auburn Galleries and the second is at the La Familia gallery. I just got the 2010 city of Auburn gallery announcement in the mail, its always sweet to see your work in print when some one else prints it. ToooT ToooT. I am starting a plan for a redesign of my website. So it might be a little while before I list new work. Stay tuned

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Here is some news, I had a painting accepted into the CVG gallery show in Bremerton, curated by Gary Faigin. The painting is "Psycho and Zephretti" oil on panel. I have a photo of it at my website. www.dondeleva.com . The show will be on up in February. I all so got a show at the Georgetown Limited Gallery in Seattle for July. Proceeds support the TheyShallWalk.org . I swear I have some work

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Aqua went AWESOME! It's so good to have work on the east coast. Next year Aqua, I will send larger work, ( more money!). The La Familia Gallery is working out to be a good place to show and the people are great. I think this year I will concentrate on showing in Washington State. I would love to have a gallery in Grays Harbor or La Connor. I am also going to do more fine art fairs and less craft

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This has been a great year, I have had a lot of shows! I showed in Miami Basil at Aqua, I got 2 galleries and entertained my illustration ideas. This year also put in to prospective where I want to go with my work. If anything, I learned my abstract side is an important part of my art. In 2010 I plan to focus back on my abstracts with a new muse. In one way I feel I left my collectors wondering "

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Well its been a month... 10 days in Sayulita Mexico were I painted 6 paintings in the sun and pool. Tuff? yes! You try to be in paradise and work. I really can't call it work since I love painting. :-) So here is a run down of this month. I had: Solo / Little Olympia Theater, "Architect dream" Group / Gallery Zero, Portland OR., "Big Ass Art!" Group / Art Not Terminal, Seattle WA., "Rock the

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Here in Mexico, with my acrylics, sun, water, roosters, fish , tacos... yeah I know, you think this is all fun agames but let me tell you I have finished 4 full paintings since I got here 3 days ago. One of the local galleries, Clay-Brom, has asked to show my paintings. It just so happens I have painting with me. So I guess I know am an international artist. Anyway i will upload some photos of

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I am starting to work a lot in Acrylics, mainly because of drying time and and durability. If you don't know, oils take at least 6 months to a year to dry to the touch. Then they can take up to another year or so to completely cure. Once the work is cured the oil film is very sensitive to scratches and dust. Since I started doing markets and fairs, I have had to transport my work and subject it

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title: Stag Dream title: Raven Dream title: Cupie and the Raven The Above paintings will be showing at 2009 Aqua, Miami, Fl. Busy Busy This week, I went to Portland to hang a show, then I when to Oly to hang a show, then I brought 6 paintings to La Familia gallery, 3 going to an auction, 3 going to Aqua, then I have a holiday show at the Mourning Market, then I have 9 5x5s to paint

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I saw a stag last night. I talked to a raven on a wire I fell back ward on tilted slowly to let the rain in my mouth. Now, I am no longer. Thank gawd for jumper cables I was out of juice.

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I was at the Sunday Market in Fremont this weekend, it was like a dream. It was cold the whole day because I was in the shade, the light seemed to be perpetually 10:00 am. I talked to a lot of people that needed to tell me things, 3 people in particular. It was like talking to people in dreams, everything seemed to have a deeper meaning. It was a long day from 5:18am to 12:42 pm, but it felt some

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Title: The Profane Medium: Oil on wood panel, steel, nails, gold leaf, Galkyd. size: 3'x5' I am not sure if this painting is finished yet, I have to sit with it another week so. Sometimes I just have to get used to looking an image. Title: ( unfinished ) Magna ( This is the title at this point, but I constantly change titles through out the work. So at this point the title might change.)

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What a month! I felt the key turn just a little. 1. I have a gallery in Seattle. It's the La Familia gallery in the TK building. I have been working on getting a Seattle gallery for the last 14 years. Some people don't have to work so hard, to them I say; Good for you, now its my turn and I am ready as all hell. 2. I got into the Mourning Market October 18th at Motor in Seattle, 1950 1st Ave.

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I saw through fog some shimer of gold the light in my eyes old as the night so hard to keep the balance from dark and light this icicles hang from the chimney with care soon in hope that air will be there. I looked further in to the light All I saw was the rabid glow of foggy steel foggy gray steel like the after glow of a large fire in midday. I walked passed the flames in to the Davey Grey dawn

DeLevahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08903915601258685567noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1645923937334492811.post-9260220569828813872009-09-20T17:28:00.000-07:002009-09-20T17:31:30.707-07:00

I found a small stone in my head today. Yes, it is smooth. Yes, it is the perfect shape for skipping. Yes, it is flat. Yes, it is charcoal gray. now I just need to see it grow.

DeLevahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08903915601258685567noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1645923937334492811.post-15479076659134562192009-09-20T05:42:00.000-07:002009-09-20T05:49:30.246-07:00

Crazy Crazy, boy have I been going through some change. I almost don't know if my name is DeLeva any more, lol. So as of last week I have finally landed a gallery in Seattle, the La familia gallery. YEAH!!! I will keep you up to date with that, I might even be going to Miami Aqua this year. Today I am headed to the Fremont market to show off some new paintings and check out the crowds. On

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Been a little lets see what I have been up to: 1. Take down show from Corridor gallery 2. Put up show at Zero Gallery Portland 3. Saw some Huskies win 4. When shooting with my lady and her father. 5. Working on a commission for 1800-Autopsy 6. work at Utrecht 7. 4 paintings for Clay Brom gallery Salulita MEX 8. one 3'x5' painting for Zero Gallery 9. getting ready for the Mourning Market at the

DeLevahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08903915601258685567noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1645923937334492811.post-17722795887374416692009-09-07T09:31:00.000-07:002009-09-07T09:58:42.924-07:00

Portland was good. Their was a good turn out of people and some good art. I didn't get photos because I forgot to take my camera, but there should be plenty of other show because the Gallery Zero has asked me to show more work with them. The Gallery Zero is located in Portland's Belmont district which is just north of Hawthorn. Forget about your typical white painted walls, the inside is painted

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Title: Bee Medium: Oil on wood panel size: 8"x10" I took down my show from the Corridor Gallery today. I always love showing in Pioneer Square. First Thursday always brings large crowds and downtown Seattle attracts the art collectors. Next I bring my work to Portland for a group show at the Gallery Zero. This looks like it is going to be a great show with all new artists. I will be there for

DeLevahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08903915601258685567noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1645923937334492811.post-38965085420966332982009-08-28T09:40:00.000-07:002009-08-28T09:48:15.238-07:00

Dreaming of Living Acrylic on wood 14" x 18" 8, 2009 El Jefe dreams of living. He talks to most every one that comes to stay in his underworld. He can only dream of what people tell him about their life.

DeLevahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08903915601258685567noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1645923937334492811.post-6397289599640927722009-08-27T10:30:00.000-07:002009-08-27T10:40:40.373-07:00

Here is the fourth painting headed for Portland, the Gallery Zero show. Title: LOL, Medium: Oil on panel Size: 20" x 20" This painting reminds me of a taco driving on a lonely desert road coming to a cross roads, represented by the cross above it's head. I think Laugh Out Loud is a great name for it. I think Cruising Taco at Cross Roads is good too but LOL makes you think a little more.

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Here is what I have been up to in the studio for the last 2 weeks. This is called Jax Rabbit. It's an oil painting on wood panel 20"x20". It will be showing in Portland at the Gallery Zero. Hope you show.

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Here is the Group show in Portland. I will have 4 paintings in this show. It should be a great, one Come see it!

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Yesterday I spent all day getting slide packets together and mailing them out. Next, I went out to the Liquor Store, bought a bottle of Glenmorangie scotch. Then ran off to BBQ, stopped by the Patricia Cameron gallery for a great show. Next, I picked up my Utrecht buddies, took them to Denis Fitzpatrick's house for etching, printing and Glenmorangie scotch with Jameson when the Glenmorangie ran

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The Corridor gallery show went well, lots of people stopped in. I love watching the crowds, being a fly on the wall is one of my favorite things to do. Honest reactions are like diamonds in the grass. Currently I am working on the 4th painting for The Gallery Zero show in Portland. Last night I finish painting #3. Jax Rabbit. I will post it as soon as I get photos of it. On to the next

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We hung the work today, I have a lot of small paintings in this show. At first I thought the space was too large for my small paintings until Lynn helped me realized my paintings need a lot of breathing room. I usually smash all my work together so you can't get a good look at each individual piece. Out of the 3 shows with Corridor this one looks the best. TNX Lynn, I love the way this show

DeLevahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08903915601258685567noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1645923937334492811.post-2404320655293767172009-08-03T00:02:00.000-07:002009-08-03T00:06:56.068-07:00

I would love to see you at the Corridor Gallery August 6th from 5 to 9 pm This is work from the last 6 months, the paintings are the result of going back to my roots.

DeLevahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08903915601258685567noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1645923937334492811.post-53719018644506301882009-07-27T09:42:00.000-07:002009-07-27T09:51:15.170-07:00

Wow, was it HOT with no breeze, it made for a long fair. Sunday was the good day, the best part of Sunday was people where talking about Leviathan, the second was that I sold "Grave decision" to one of the few female grave diggers in this state. :-). That is my favorite kind of sell, like when I sold Copernicus to a Mathematician. Any way its time for me to get ready for my Corridor galley show.

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Boy Bellevue is HOT in the 90s easy. Not large crowds but lots of families. Not much to say from my end except I got a lot of dollhedz.com hits, that's about it. I don't think my demo is here and if they are they ain't stepp'en up.

DeLevahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08903915601258685567noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1645923937334492811.post-61925021803124891062009-07-25T07:08:00.000-07:002009-07-25T07:23:05.804-07:00

Yesterday saw small crowds, scouts no doubt for today. I have no doubt that today is going to be hopping and hot, 9o degrees or so. Justin Hillgrove, my fair mentor and booth partner, did pretty well. His work is on the mark, great color irresistible images and all around fun. Here is a link to his work: http://www.impsandmonsters.com We are located in the International Jeweler's parking lot,

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Last night was the set up for the Bellevue art fair, in down town Bellevue amidst the sky scrapers and commerce. Justin Hillgrove and I are in the International Jewelers parking lot. I feel like we are in Orange County, SoCal, we are just missing the surfers and valley girls. Anyway, this show should be good. Ill keep you posted.

DeLevahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08903915601258685567noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1645923937334492811.post-26576290394773076462009-07-20T21:11:00.000-07:002009-07-20T21:17:08.679-07:00

Link: http://www.artaccess.com/images.cgi?m=1&p=91 Here's a link to my Show at the at CORRIDOR GALLERY in Pioneer Square Seattle, it's on first Thursday august 6, from 6:oo to 9:oo. See you catz there.

DeLevahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08903915601258685567noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1645923937334492811.post-45337753736459662832009-07-20T16:49:00.000-07:002009-07-20T17:00:44.126-07:00

I wanted to thank Monika Cassidy for purchasing " Surrealist " at the Museum of Northwest Art annual auction. Thank you for adding me to your collection.

DeLevahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08903915601258685567noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1645923937334492811.post-27402141093091208002009-07-18T11:13:00.000-07:002009-07-18T11:28:37.118-07:00

This is Leviathan. I am still working on it. It needs another week or so.

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I recently got a few emails from collectors that asked me " What are you working theses days." Above is one of the most recent painting I have finished. This piece will be in the Corridor Galley, in Seattle's Pioneer District at the beginning of next month and then it will make its way to the Zero Gallery, Portland Oregon. This painting has come to me in stages, it crystallized over 3 weeks

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Bear with me please, I am a painter not a writer. Last night I had 2 people ask me if I had a blog so that they could see what it is I am working on. I said to them, I tried Myspace, Facebook and Twitter and instantly lost interest. I tied blogging before but felt I was giving out too much information about myself, I am a little paranoid that way. However, in the last year I did find myself

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