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Welcome to the Fine Art of Don De Leva
My paintings are based on intuition, dreams, shape and color. I am fascinated by how color creates shapes, lines
create depth and how together they create a composition that crystalizes into an image or abstract.
I was born in New York. I grew up in Orange County California. I received my Masters of Fine Art from Bradley University in
Illinois 1992 and an BFA from the University of the Pacific in California 1987.
I have been exhibiting my work regularly on the West Coast and in the Midwest since 1986. I have been showing in Seattle since since 1992.
Recently have started to enter shows outside of Washington State again, focusing on Portland, San Francisco, Los Angelos, New York and
Chicago.
Statement:
Urbanites 2009
This current work is a re-examination of texture, shape and how they relate to image and illustration. I work in an intuitive style that uses the tools of Automatic Painting, the free flowing ideas that crystallize into image. I start by painting a texture in the primer. I add lines or
shapes that I have been visualizing in my head. Then search the textured abstraction for imagery. I then bring the imagery out using the
elements of traditional painting. Paintings can take any ware from 2 weeks to 4 months. In some cases, I paint over works that I have finished. If its in my studio, its fair game.
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