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Artist Statement:
Artist Statement:
Color field
Paintings & Gridscapes
My work is best described as
accidental beauty or Shibui as
the Japanese call it. It’s my
job to reconstruct those
accidents with diverse methods
yet a consistent result.
The two most important tools
in my work are a stick to push
and pull paint around, and the
sun, to accelerate the drying.
The desert is the perfect
place to make this work. While
the painting is in the sun
cracking and crazing may
happen.
Placing a painting in the sun
to dry is similar to putting
ceramics in a kiln. I can
anticipate the results but I
can’t always predict what will
happen. Picasso used to say, “
Painting is stronger than me.
It makes me do things I
normally wouldn’t do”.
I’m influenced by Turners
skies, Rothko’s compositions,
and Richter’s method of
pulling paint.
STEVEN DERKS
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Artist Exhibitions:
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Artist Reviews:
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Collections:
Corporate Collections
AMCEP Metals, Steven Kipper,
Tucson, AZ.
American Heart Association,
Tucson, AZ.
Beyond Bread, Restaurant,
Tucson, AZ
Big Brothers Big Sisters,
Tucson, AZ
Café Terra Cotta, Tucson, AZ
Caterpillar Memorial, Tucson,
AZ
Davis Bilingual School,
Tucson, AZ
DeGrazia Foundation, Tucson,
AZ
Dell Webb, Tucson, AZ
Gallery Golf Resort, Marana,
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Commissions:
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Galleries for Steven Derks:
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Exhibitions
2008 Shidoni Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
Tangerine Gallery, Tucson, AZ.
Grogan Gallery, Tucson, AZ.
Coda Gallery, Palm Desert, CA.
Twist Gallery, Bisbee, AZ.
Trios Gallery, Solana Beach, CA.
Gallery 801, Tucson, AZ.
Hacienda Del Sol, Tucson, AZ
2007 Shidoni Gallery, Santa Fe, NM.
Gallery 801, Tucson, AZ
Tangerine Gallery, Tucson, AZ.
Grogan Gallery, Tucson, AZ.
Coda Gallery, Palm Desert, CA.
Arte-Misa Gallery, Sedona, AZ.
Trios Gallery, Solana Beach, CA.
Adorn Gallery, San Diego, CA.
Twist Gallery, Bisbee, AZ.
Liz Hernandez Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ
2006 Shidoni Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
Grogan Gallery, Tucson, AZ.
Coda Gallery, Palm Desert, CA.
Trios Gallery, Solana Beach, CA.
Adorn Gallery, San Diego, CA.
2005 Shidoni Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
Liz Hernandez Gallery, Tucson, AZ.
Art House, Silver City, NM
Gallery Urbane, Silver City, NM
Coda Gallery, Palm Desert, CA.
2oo4 Shidoni Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
Gallery Urbane, Silver City, NM
Liz Hernandez Gallery, Tucson, AZ
Coda Gallery, Palm Desert, CA.
Hacienda Del Sol, Tucson, AZ
Tupolo Rd. Gallery, Taos, NM
2003 Shidoni, Santa Fe, NM
Redeemed Art Gallery, Tucson, AZ
Dinnerware, Tucson, AZ
Gallery Urbane, Silver City, NM
2002 Dinnerware, Tucson, AZ
Gallery Urbane, Silver City, NM
Redeemed Art Gallery, Tucson, AZ
Shidoni Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
2001 3Falk Gallery, Tubac, AZ
Shidoni, Santa Fe, NM
Dinnerware, Tucson, AZ
Lanning Gallery, Sedona, AZ
2000 Moxley Ross, Santa Fe NM
Obsidian Gallery, Tucson, AZ
1999 Coda Gallery, Palm Desert, CA
The Select Art Gallery, Sedona, AZ
1999 D.C. Harris Gallery, Tucson, AZ
Tucson Museum of Art, Tucson, AZ
1999 Tohono Chul Gallery, Tucson, AZ
1998 Phantom B. of A., Tucson Museum of Art, Tucson, AA.
1997 Tucson Museum of Art, Tucson, AZ
Apparatus Gallery, Tucson, AZ
Dallas Market Center, Dallas, TX
1997 The Select Art Gallery, Sedona, AZ.
1996 Apparatus Gallery, Tucson, AZ
Debra Hudgens Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ.
Susanne Brown Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ
Karen Newby Gallery, Tubac, AZ.
1994 Tucson Museum of Art, Tucson, AZ
1993 Expo Chango, Tucson, AZ
1991 Tucson Museum of Art, Tucson, AZ
Karen Newby Gallery, Tubac, AZ
Feathers Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ
1990 Sun West Gallery, Prescott, AZ
Selected Publications and
Articles
Arizona Daily Star
Arizona Illustrated News Magazine
Art in America
Art Life
Art Now Gallery Guide
Art Talk
Compendium Magazine
Desert Leaf
Gallery Guide
New Mexico Magazine
Oracle Magazine
Sedona Magazine
Southwest Art Magazine
Southwest
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