Different is good. Be your path.
Self-taught, and still a little surprised by all of it. Painter, photographer, one-time gallery keeper, and a very lucky grandfather. These are fine art prints of the work, made with care and sent to wherever you call home.
Selected work
A few recent pieces
Each will be offered as a museum-quality print when the shop opens.
Nautilus Magnificat
The Glory · oil on canvas
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Breakers Nautilus
The Breakers Suite · watercolor
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The Lovers
Oil on canvas
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By medium
My work has never fit neatly into one box, so here it is, gathered by what it's made with.
Limited editions
How the limited editions work
01
Every print is numbered
Each size and finish is its own small edition. When the numbers run out, that one is finished.
02
A certificate, signed by hand
Your print ships from the lab. I sign your certificate of authenticity myself and mail it to you separately.
03
The large sizes come later
The big formats are held back for their own release days. Join the list and I'll write when one opens.
The method
Post Traumatic Stress Expressionism
A way of working that comes from a quiet, honest place.
Many days I go to the storage unit hoping to paint, and after an hour of trying I realise it's better to put the brushes down and work on something else, or just leave. Forcing it only invites mistakes. The work has taught me patience.
Other times I let the music decide which piece comes out and goes up on the wall easel. When I'm in the groove, it's a great feeling. I like to sit about ten feet back and study it, playing mental chess with the color and the composition. I might sit there an hour, sometimes more, sometimes less. But when it lands, I work my way through it on the piece, and it feels as though I got somewhere with a difficult thought or memory.
“The spirit guides. I am just the humble instrument.”
The signature
D'Alan
I first used D'Alan on one of my drawings in 1987, on Crete, for my first art competition while I was serving in the Air Force. Take David, drop the “avid”: no longer an avid David. It was my way of getting comfortable with the idea of chasing my dream of being an artist once I left the military, which was still a couple of years away, in 1989. The name stuck, but most everyone just calls me Daaave. It's who I am.
The Underground S.N.O.B. is an acronym, not an attitude: Studio North Of Bohemia. Different is good.
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The Collector's List
New work, a little of the story behind it, and first word when a limited edition opens. No schedule, no noise. Just me, when I have something to show you.