Website

http://www.stevendaluz.com

Relationship status

married

College / University

University of Texas at San Antonio

Program

BFA (Painting)

Graduation

15 December 2003

Member type

Artist

If you're an artist, what kind of art do you make?

Drawing, Painting

About my artwork

I embrace painting as an exquisite, relevant art form. For me, the smell and physicality of paint is all at once seductive. I have found this to be true also of encaustics. Painting is a passage to another reality—often an illusion of space, and, a reflection of the world within. I am compelled to do work that conjures up a sense mystery and ethereal light, whether figurative or abstract. My interests are evenly split between the two, for which I make no apology. When intense observation takes its toll, I relish the opportunity to simply work with shapes, color, and textures to convey a particular mood or sense of place. In these works, reference to landscape, spirituality, and the figure serve as inspiration. In some, the shapes simultaneously allude to figuration and geological form. The abstract works employ copper, composition gold leaf, various chemically-induced patinas, and oil on cradled birch panels. The figurative works are either oils on canvas or encaustic. While many of these works engage mixed media, paint remains the constant—a partner with whom I joyfully wrestle and dance.

As an artist, I am in a constant state of flux—always searching for that immeasurable something that defines where I am in the moment. Throughout my search, I feel I am on the precipice of something new, intense, and spiritual. I ask for patience as I continue to reflect and grow, and as my work evolves.

Artists I like

Lewis Smith, Sky Patterson, Vincent Valdez, Jenny Saville, Odd Nerdrum, Antoni Tapies, Anselm Kiefer, Anton Christian, Lucian Freud, Degas, Rembrandt, Sorolla, Sargent, Turner, Klimt, Pugliese, Steve Huston, Jacob Collins, Tishin, von Kaufmann, Erion, Close, Eakins, Melnikov, many others...

Interests

Painting, drawing, art exhibits, art books, movies, travel, chess, raquetball, Spurs basketball, poker, music.....

The centre of the artworld is

nowhere and everywhere