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Plastic Gnome

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This is a 60% complete post. Short sweet.

Portrait of Keaton

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Portrait of Keaton, acrylic on clay board. 5"x7" 6/2016 Collection of Buckley and Julia Guderian, Kentwood Wa.

Trans-humanism, the Chimera.

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Suit Hero: acrylic on clayboard, 5 ” x7 ”, 2013 The issue of human vs machine is not about the extinction of the human animal it's about the preservation of intelligence, no matter the vessel, whether it be flesh or silicon. Intelligence is of primary importance.

Museum of Northwest Art's 2016 Auction Don DeLeva

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I'm extremely excited to be a part of this weekend's Museum of Northwest Art's 2016 Auction. This painting will be up for auction, so if your attending, keep eye out for: " The Things I Wanted to Say", Acrylic and gold leaf, painting on panel, 18"x24"x 2.5, 4/2015. ( Janet and Linda I am looking at you ;-) ) Cheers! Update: This painting sold and is now in the Arden and Stuart Charles collection, Anacortes Wa. Thank you so much Arden and Stuart !  

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Acrylic, graphite, modem printed circuit board .   Possible titles: Are We Sure We Want This? Piloting the Prosthetic Gnome. PLAZTK_G_NOM   Here is a first glimpse at PLAZTK_G_NOM. In flux, mid-painting. Still painting this big guy.

55 Bell Art Gallery, Seattle

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Last night was 2nd Friday, Seattle Belltown's art walk. I was at the 55 Bell Art Gallery, second floor of the Herban Legends across from the Seattle Art Institute. Good Show, Dave Bloomfield, Claudio Duran and Amanda Stalter. Here is my favorite work in the show. Claudio Duran along with his Clones: It's always good to see Dave's work, especially when you least expect it. This is my first time seeing Amanda's drawings. I was really drawn to the smaller works, they reminded me of short day dreams of nymphs that float through my mind. Yes, my mind because, I couldn't possibly pretend to know what goes through any one else's. 

Don Deleva 2004

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M1 Spec :  graphite, water color on Bristol paper, 11/12/2004 Surrealism and Italian Futurism were the original art movements that captured my attention. Some how using a ruler and intersecting triangles released pent up energy in me and it continues to be a source of emotional release. This period of work for me was about the total abstraction of the human body. I saw each drawing as a metaphor for emotional state of mind of the figure. Each shape, shade and texture represented the subjects compartmentalized thoughts and emotions.
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This is the first Skate board I painted, July of last year 2015. Since then I have painted 4 more and sold 5. The board you see here is a gift. It is in the collection of Bill Streeter of Tukwilla, Wa. He is the one that got me started painted on them. Thank you BILL!

looked at Picasso

Ive been looking at Picasso's work from the 50s and 60s as reference for a painting I am creating called "War begets war" and "40 miles out."   I took photos of "wars' progression. I posted them on Facebook I will post them here in the next few days. " 40 miles" has more reference to Picasso then "war..."
"YOU MUST BE DOING SOMETHING RIGHT IF YOU IT'S ANGERING SOMEBODY." "I LOVE THE JUXTAPOSITION OF SOMETHING BROKEN WITH SOMETHING BEAUTIFUL GROWING OUT OF IT." Josh Homme
I forgot all about the photographer Roger Ballen. In the same way I am attacked to Joel Peter Witkin so too am I to Ballen. For me I think it is the sense of shamanic reality to everyday life. Black and white photographs have an other worldly quality to them.