Art of Don DeLeva

No do overs...:  Skateboard excertpt, 7/22/2016, sketch for skateboard I think we all think about doing things over all the time or maybe if you're lucky every now and then. This image is an under image on a large painting I am working on right now. I didn't want to possibly paint over it before I captured it. So here is a photo of it. It does come at a time in history when America's decisions affect the world...

Green El Jefe:  Skateboard Ply, acrylic paint, gold leaf, varnish,  32"x 7.5" SOLD: William Streeter, Seattle Wa.

Broadway:  Skateboard Ply, acrylic paint, gold leaf, varnish,  32"x 7.5" SOLD: Derek Kaiser Skateboard Collection, Grosse Point Mi.

This is the evolution of Sonjia.

Sonjia: acrylic on clayboard, 5"x7"; She is complete. Now I am going to put her in a frame. BTW Sonjia means wisdom.

BLnd109: acrylic on clayboard, 5"x7"; This painting is about 80% complete. I will post the progressions. This is the fourth painting on this panel.

Blunt Sly:  Skateboard Ply, acrylic paint, gold leaf, varnish,  32"x 7.5" SOLD: William Streeter Skateboard Collection Seattle Wa.

El Jefe: Skateboard ply, acrylic paint, goldleaf, varnish. Sold at Dark Slide Skate park, auction 2015, Dubuque, Iowa : Adam Hansel aka DeadVolt “Emporer”. I donated this board for a fund raiser to build a skate park for kids. Dark Slide skateboard artist page

MKNDLZ , acrylic and gold leaf on clay board, 5"x7", 6/2016 Here at Kymera we want to boost your summers numbers by helping you make dealz like nobody's business! Cool and sharp, Kymera's newest summer 2016 Haute Cybersonality rounds up dollars by making sense of this market's bull. So eat the gold fish and swim with the sharks, MKNDLZ is a steal and in limited supply ! Kymera, where beauty is web deep.

Please be careful, we are only animals with toys... I realize this photo is from along time ago and I am not doing my do dilagents as to its origin and credits but I thought it fit my concern. Time marches on and if this was then what is now and tomorrow?

Code Warrior, acrylic on clay board. 5"x7" 6/2015 This painting came to me as I started to realize that I wanted to really learn code for the internet. I used to think it was just for a job but now I realize it's just something I want for myself.

This is a 60% complete post. Short sweet.

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

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.

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 !  

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.

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. 

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.

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!

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..."