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Contemporary art focusing on mixed media paintings and sculpture in bronze, steel and wood ranging in size from pedestal to large outdoor commissions.
About the Artist
Delos Van Earl was born in 1951 in Port Angeles, Wash., the fifth of five children in a classic Northwest logging family. He moved to Crescent City, Calif., with his family at age 5. When he entered Shasta College in Redding, he thought he would become a high school art teacher and football coach. But he would earn a bachelor's degree at California State University Chico and a master's in fine art from Mill's College in Oakland. He lives in Joshua Tree with his wife, Jena.
Delos does these literally in a very backwards way, putting on about twenty layers of paint over months and months and then letting them dry for many more months before sanding them back to a smooth surface. He gets incredible color combinations that he doesn't expect to find all those months later, which is a lot of fun for him. But what always amazes people is that the surface of the finished pieces is nearly completely flat (some more than other), and for that reason, it's important to encourage people to run their hands over the surface. They won't hurt the surface, and they'll get up close to see all the color that at first cannot be appreciated when standing further away. You can look at these paintings for years and not see everything in them.
Artist Statement
"You have to come up with something that intrigues you and stimulates you, and challenges you enough to commit your life to doing this. The challenge has to be something that helps you to understand and accept life... and to be a better person. There is a revealing aspect to making art. That's what a lot of my process is about. The paintings are like collecting memories, and then creating a memory dialogue. It's a strange process. It has to be about more than just making objects or painting. It must be deeper. It is an involvement in life."
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2011 "Viscus Paintings", Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Janelia Farms Campus, Ashburn, Virginia
2010 "Viscus 3.0 "The Glassworks", Gail Severn Gallery, Sun Valley, Idaho
"Viscus 3.0" The Glassworks, Ramey Fine Art, Palm Desert, California
2009 "Viscus 3.0", The Edge Gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico
Viscus" Glassworks", Sense Fine Art, Menlo Park, California
2008 "Current Perspective", Gail Severn Gallery, Sun Valley, Idaho
2007 "Viscus 2.0", Sense Fine Art, Menlo Park, California
"Southern Exposure", Jillian Glowinke Fine Art, Corona del Mar, California
"Viscus Paintings/ Luna Sculpture", Eleonore Austerer Gallery, Palm Desert, California
2006 "Viscus 2006", Sense Fine Art, Menlo Park, California
"Everything Matters", Viscus Paintings and Luna Sculpture, Gail Severn Gallery,
Sun Valley, Idaho
"New Bronzes", Gallery Bienvenu, New Orleans, Louisiana
2005 "The Viscus Paintings", Sense Fine Art, Menlo Park, California
"Nazca and Phoenix", Hayes George Gallery, Charlotte, North Carolina
"The Viscus Paintings", Argazzi Gallery, Lakeview, Connecticut.
New Work From Phoenix, Terra & Nazca Series, Eleonore Austerer Gallery,
Palm Desert, California
"The Phoenix Series", Susan Street Gallery, Solana Beach, California
2004 "Viscus Premiere", Sense Fine Art, Menlo Park, California
"Phoenix Premier", Gail Severn Gallery, Sun Valley, Idaho
2003 "Steel Resolve", Susan Street Gallery, Solana Beach, California
"Earthbound", Sense Fine Art, Menlo Park, California
"Steel Resolutions", Gail Severn Gallery, Sun Valley, Idaho
Palm Springs International Art Fair, Palm Springs, California
Tre Contemporary Gallery, Palm Desert, California
2002 Tercera Gallery, San Francisco, California
Boritzer/Gray/Hamano Gallery, Santa Monica, California
"No Boundaries", Gallery Blu, Palm Desert, California
2001 Chiaroscuro Gallery, Scottsdale, Arizona
Gail Severn Gallery, Sun Valley, Idaho
Todd Madigan Art Gallery, CSUB, Bakersfield, California
"Night and Day", Gallery Blu, Palm Desert, California
"Steel Radius", Boritzer/Gray/Hamano Gallery, Santa Monica, California
2000 "Vestiges", Gail Severn Gallery, Sun Valley, Idaho
"Red at Blu", one-person show, Gallery Blu, Palm Desert, California
1999 "Imperfect", Boritzer/Gray/Hamano Gallery, Santa Monica, California
One-person show, Gallery Blu, Palm Desert, California
1998 One-person show, Denise Roberge Gallery, Palm Desert, California
1997 One-person show, Gallery Blu, Palm Desert, California
1991 One-person show, Sherry Frumkin Gallery, Santa Monica, California
1990 One-person show, Accurate Art Gallery, Sacramento, California
1989 "Return To River City", one-person show, Barbara McDonald Gallery,
Sacramento, California
1988 "Emerging Artists", Riverside Art Museum, Riverside, California
1978 MFA Exhibit, Mills College Art Gallery, Oakland, California
1972 "Colored Walls", Installation, Shasta College, Redding, California
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