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Timmy, up close and personal.

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Possie's getting bigger!

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Here is a photo of my last 4 paintings. Keep in mind these are the single images that make up my abstracts.

MeBot and Timmy

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MeBot and Timmy are two characters I have been panting for a while now. They have been in many abstracts It's only now that I have painted them on their own. MeBot : Acrylic on wood, 6x6 Timmy : Acrylic on wood, 6x6 This Idea of an Alphabet This morning while painting an abstract I started to realize that it might help people understand my more complicated work if I paint my characters in a non abstract way. Kind of like sounding out letters phonetically until you understand how to pronounce a word.  This is how I understood how to listen to noise music.    

Are my paitings busy?

I am asked quite often why are my paintings so busy. I don't see them as busy, I see them as 3 or five paintings in one.
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Huxley's Dream:  clay board panel, acrylic paint and gold leaf, varnish,  6"x 12"x 2.25. 2/2017. I was reading "The Doors of Perception " by Aldous Huxley during the painting of this work. One does not need to be under the influence of mind altering substances to understand the malleability of reality and how we consistently change our perception of the now to assess and comprehend our present. My art de-focuses focal point in order to challenge the viewers perception of what they are looking at. My paintings are meant to "visually change" as moods, sounds and environment change. The work is not so much about the image, but more about the perception of the viewer. My goal is to get the viewer to actually "see" themselves think.

Don DeLeva art : Clasical Action paintings

The Wall Street Bailout. This is a video of paintings inspired by the wall street bail out. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCeZlpAULBzN7XXESz6VpAYw

Don DeLeva: painting : She War Heels.

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She War Heels:  Wood panel, acrylic paint, varnish,  5"x 7"x .275. 1/23/17

Don Deleva art: painting My Black Cape, 2016

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My Black Cape:  clay board panel, acrylic paint, varnish,  5"x 7"x .175. 2016 SOLD : Steve Nelson Collection, Indianola, IA

Don Deleva : Cool Defiance video

https://youtu.be/-nO9X2vOZTk painting video "cool defiance"

Don DeLeva art : vulnerable

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Madison Price :  .250 Ply wood, acrylic paint, varnish,  8"x 10" 10/2016 SOLD: Marty and Tony Price. This painting brings me to a place in my work that is easy to criticize. It's a cat dressed in a jacket... Why do I feel the need to explain this? One, I painted it as a gift. Two, I have a cat and yes I think she is cute as hell. Three, I have come to a place in my 30 years of painting that I am done with the critics in my head and hands. I just want to paint. I have only about 15 to 20 years left and I just want to paint and promote it the way that is most comfortable to me. Maybe you get to a place in your life that you realize the things that are truly you are the most powerful for you. For example, I would much rather be painting then socializing. I think this has been a major component in why my work is not more commonly known.

Don DeLeva Art:

Most days I live between desperation and lunacy.