tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16459239373344928112024-03-05T07:41:57.059-08:00Art of Don DeLevaGallery Chimera 315 presents the art of Don DeLeva Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger255125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1645923937334492811.post-4683288847983532002023-11-14T03:57:00.000-08:002023-11-14T03:57:11.512-08:00Camero and the Triple A Battery Some people are crowded landscapes with ambition in mind to stake there claim on this world.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1645923937334492811.post-28291102757561353542023-11-13T13:15:00.001-08:002023-11-13T13:15:46.180-08:00I paint peopleI paint portraits in abstract form for people who realize humans are abstract personalities.-Don DeLevaUnknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1645923937334492811.post-60830870096031522582023-08-26T11:42:00.004-07:002023-08-26T11:42:52.274-07:00Just a riff I am told the LHC smashes particles together to find new ones and to understand how a "Big Bang " may have taken place. In one way I am not really concerned weather I am right or not about the purpose of the LHC, although I might find out I am utterly wrong about the purpose of the LHC. What attracts me to the LHC is more about the side effects of smashing particles particles together Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1645923937334492811.post-3202806124736225662023-08-18T05:09:00.052-07:002023-08-26T11:09:19.087-07:00Sometimes i just get ahead of myself. I forgot about the work and just get so involved with trying to find a place to show. These last 2 month have been about getting my website in functional order. These last 2 years of fortune with two solos at Confluence and disrupting life changes have kept me focused on the basics of maintaining the every day.The heartbreakers for me have been the Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1645923937334492811.post-70019434576504458552023-08-09T11:27:00.002-07:002023-08-11T03:57:46.575-07:00The Yellow Camero
Yellow Camero: 4"x6", oil on panel. 7-6-2023 I am kind of feeling a direction. these small paintings are coming out so fast. Currently, I am painting with a turp + sun thick + cold press medium. It dries fast like overnight. I add cold press and damar as the painting progresses, in a fat over lean fashion. This mixture is very thin and blend ability of brush strokes is Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1645923937334492811.post-75484453323849622722023-08-05T13:38:00.007-07:002023-08-11T03:58:25.647-07:00Camero #01This is a Camero 4"x6" oil on panel. 2023bsai This is the first of a suite of small paintings. It is called a Camero. Yes, it is like the car however it is spelled with an "e" instead of and "a". This is the first one.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1645923937334492811.post-11686976424893043852023-05-14T06:12:00.005-07:002023-05-14T06:12:28.480-07:00 This is a Techina head that can be inverted to show the duality of the symbolize the positivity and negativity of all actions and nonactions.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1645923937334492811.post-5010431507182714442023-03-29T08:29:00.003-07:002023-03-29T08:29:32.288-07:00Techina #12 ink on paper 2023.I love art history. It is such an important thing to know that you can create anything you want to create in the way you want to create it. It has taken me soooooooooooooooooooooooooo long to realize this. It is so is important to know why you create or maybe not. For me I had no choice I felt to the drag of a pencil lead on paper and I was just hooked. &Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1645923937334492811.post-44942255627671788012023-03-26T16:08:00.005-07:002023-03-30T08:26:25.886-07:00Techina - Tek-chee-nahTechina Techina #01 | Sketch, ink on paper, 4x4, 2023Don DeLeva red drawing Techina. As they feel it in the cold the smooth plastic tic tic of water that corrodes the soft milk jug in to tiny particles. She is the The Techina of plastic corrosion. Techina #02 | Sketch, ink on paper 4x5, 2023Don DeLeva drawing, Techina #02, ink on paper,I say this as a witness NOT as a Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1645923937334492811.post-27876764856957476192022-11-15T13:38:00.000-08:002022-11-15T13:38:32.503-08:00Work in progress This painting is 24" x 60" x 1.5", Oil on board. Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1645923937334492811.post-17402357399676040562022-05-13T09:50:00.002-07:002022-05-13T09:50:11.042-07:00She Hums 24/7 She Hums 24/7: Drawing, graphite and Stablio on toned paper. 6.5" x 8" 5/ 2022It's true, she does stare at the sky all day. Maybe looking for saucers, a ghost or two but most of the time it is the Ravens, Crows, Coyotes and Jackrabbits that offer opportunity to not feel so insignificant in her blind state. I would assume that carrying a current of 1s and 0s, 24/7 can be electrifying but Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1645923937334492811.post-2120158827551079362022-04-22T09:11:00.001-07:002022-04-22T09:18:15.348-07:00Fire from 2 stones.Eventually it will get to appoint where we need electricity to keep our bodies animate and conscience. I say this because how many people know how to make a fire from 2 stones? Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1645923937334492811.post-43383113457625277552022-02-05T10:04:00.004-08:002022-02-05T10:05:12.467-08:00Drawing on red money envelope. Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1645923937334492811.post-70268085846533377392021-12-23T09:57:00.010-08:002022-02-09T06:31:13.541-08:00DeLeva: Dreaming Coyote DrawingDreaming Coyote I have started drawing. It is much more immediate. This drawing was created on Strathmore Toned paper with graphite and Derwent Inktense blocks / pencils, 9"x12". I think it is still a work in progress, we will see how it progresses. 02.09.2022: Up date to this drawing, it will be showing in the Biophilia Show, April 30, 2022, in Twisp Washington. I Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1645923937334492811.post-4107684878240375712021-09-27T10:23:00.007-07:002021-09-27T10:23:53.390-07:00Kitter Kat, graphite on scratch paper 2.5"x 3" Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1645923937334492811.post-71129319085074817662021-09-27T10:14:00.001-07:002021-09-27T10:14:39.108-07:00Always open 24-7 Always open 24-7, graphite on hot-press water color paper, 4"x6", 60$ framed.Currently, this drawing is hanging in a show at the Artist Craftsmen in Seattle. The theme of this show was food. My first thought was how much electricity mining cryptocurrency devours for each transaction. My second thought was how the average American home has some 75 outlets that feed lights and Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1645923937334492811.post-47308921712736179582021-08-28T10:07:00.003-07:002021-08-28T10:07:25.883-07:00 134- Painted from 5:15 am to 7:50 am.Though about building html site from code in an a 1990s style. Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1645923937334492811.post-59080929532158695152021-04-18T06:55:00.006-07:002021-04-18T07:00:25.505-07:00 NOVEMBER 7, 2020Guy Genis DesignsI am honored and excited to be a listed artist at Guy Genis Designs. Guy’s 30-year design career has spanned events, interiors and exhibits all over the world. “Your home should speak to your lifestyle, emotions and sense of beauty. Each client is different. My goal is to amplify memories in a space that is truly lived in and functional, not just a showcaseUnknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1645923937334492811.post-47162583105714053112021-04-18T06:50:00.004-07:002021-04-18T06:52:11.732-07:00 NOVEMBER 27, 2020Hundred & Under Art Show, Retrofit Home, SeattleI am excited and honored to be in the Hundred & Under show December through January. Where? At the Retrofit Home, 1103 East Pike Street, Seattle, WA. 98122 Open every day 11am to 7 or call Lori: 206-227-7825 or Jon: 206-227-7826Here is a chance to start gifting and collecting my art. All of the artist in this show Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1645923937334492811.post-86501256361729587422021-04-18T06:48:00.001-07:002021-04-18T06:48:03.024-07:00 NOVEMBER 27, 2020Ghost Gallery, SeattleClick logo to visit show page. My paintings are around the middle of the page.The 14th Annual Holiday Mini Art Exhibit!Dec. 3rd, 2020 through Jan. 31st 2021This show features work that is 10" x 10" and smaller, from artists all over the US, affordably priced for gifting and collecting. More pieces will be added leading up to 12/3.All work will be readyUnknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1645923937334492811.post-57297552304536865592021-04-18T06:45:00.002-07:002021-04-18T06:45:25.088-07:00March 25 2021In The Company of Crows & RavensMarch 13 - May 1, 2021In the Main GalleryCurators’ StatementThe family Corvidae embraces Crows, Jays, Magpies and Nutcrackers. Members of this family are wonderfully intelligent, mysterious and magical. Corvids are social, noisy, aggressive, playful and mischievous. They eat anything from fruit and eggs, to nuts and carrion. We Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1645923937334492811.post-39029668047435358972021-02-05T08:32:00.004-08:002021-02-05T08:40:04.356-08:00It's a state in mind 50% might be bestIt's always the way of the pendulum swing, back and forth like a smack that stings. One way which and when the next direction then offends, affected by polls and dollars you spend. Both extremes seem detrimental to all, and when we only allow one society falls. It is not my place to tell you what is right, I am just standing back and watching the fight...&Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1645923937334492811.post-90815560418224887822021-01-31T11:28:00.002-08:002021-02-01T05:13:48.429-08:00Oil paintings by Don DeLeva at the Retrofit Home gallery in Seattle Wa.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1645923937334492811.post-66424773831303261562021-01-30T10:34:00.004-08:002021-01-30T12:51:00.846-08:00She is what she says
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As if it weren't deep enough i have been told that it is real. I mean i saw it for my own eyes. You know in the city where you are sold and bought like aviators on your preexisting phone plan. It is here in Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1645923937334492811.post-83935704804182159442021-01-29T09:16:00.005-08:002021-01-29T09:49:37.908-08:00In the dust of the New Now her face slowly rises. And ...CUT! Here they see her cold and confused, which just adds to her sex appeal. "Which do I choose my darling?" Then she finishes off her double tall non-fat mocha late, re-applies her MAC lipstick, flips her hair and clacks off into her fade screen with Jordash jeans and Minolo heels.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com