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Artist Exhibitions:
Coming Soon!
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Artist Galleries:
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, ...
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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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Artist Statement for Steven Derks
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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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