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DeLeva at Confluence Gallery

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Intimacy, Selected Group Exhibition @ the Confluence Gallery, Twisp. February 24 - April 18,  Twisp Washington. Opening Reception February 28   Curators Marcy Stamper and Robin Doggett Also featuring Perri Howard in a solo exhibition. Intimacy. It’s a term that encompasses a complex range of relationships and emotions. We have intimate relationships with children, spouses, friends, and lovers. Many of us feel a keen sense of intimacy with ourselves, with an animal, or with a place that holds special significance. A sense of intimacy could be inspired by music, by a work of art, or by nature. Although intimacy is universal, it is also a highly individual experience that is – by nature –private and secret. Intimacy can describe a sense of personal space, or of nakedness and unmasking, with layers removed. And although it can feel intense or even tangible, the essence of intimacy – like with many emotions – can be hard to capture. 1.The Bond :oil on panel, 8"x8", 2025 2.Comm...
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Beyond Cosmos at The Confluence

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  Reported Structured Aerial Light Phenomenon with Apparent Symbolic Display The event is best summarized as a reported structured aerial light phenomenon involving a floating object, directed beam emission, and perceived symbolic messaging within atmospheric haze . The observer describes a silver-grey airborne object projecting a green light toward mist approximately 600 feet above ground level, with an adjacent visual element interpreted as a message interface (bubble form with a red inverted exclamation mark). The experience was perceived as highly intentional and communicative rather than random or environmental in nature. From a multi-perspective framing, four “witness positions” can be outlined without assuming literal separate entities: (1) the primary human observer (“self as experiencer”) , who perceives and interprets the scene as meaningful communication; (2) the phenomenological observer (“self as perceiver”) , representing raw sensory intake before interpretation; (3...
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Standout Sketch Pad Exhibition 2025

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  Open Sesame Gallery ’s " Sketchbook Standout " Exhibition Premieres at Tacoma Public Library. TACOMA, WA.  October 4, 2025 – December 2025  -  Open Sesame Gallery, in collaboration with the Tacoma Public Library (TPL), is proud to announce the opening of  "Sketchbook Standout,"  a major group exhibition premiering at the  Handforth Gallery  as part of TPL’s "Kaleidoscope" rotating series.
Location: Tacoma, WA, USA
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Ghost Gallery 19th Annual Mini Art Exhibition

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The Ghost Gallery 19th Annual Holiday Mini Art Exhibit!  Nov-Jan 2025.     IRL gallery and URL exhibition. https://ghostgallery.org/collections/the-19th-annual-holiday-mini-art-exhibit Link to page:   Page 6. Curator: Laurie Kearney   Gallery Information:   600 Pine St Suite 253 (inside Pacific Place)Seattle WA 98101 Wed-Sat 12-7pm Sun 12-5pm // Mon-Tue by Appt curator@ghostgalleryshop.com 5 On exhibition We Are Born Into This,  oil on panel, 4x4, $140 Tamp, oil on panel,  oil on panel, 4x4, $160 Jerry Is A Punker, oil on panel, 4x4, $140 Electrohead, oil on panel, 4x4, $140 Compartments, oil on panel, 4x4, $140
Location: 600 Pine St, Seattle, WA 98101, USA
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Slam Dancing

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  Frank Slam Dancing: XXIX . VII . MMXXV Graphite on Masonite, Oil Gesso,  This work has a combination of dry graphite from pencil and oil graphite from Williamsburg Graphite oil paint. 
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  The Transmogrification of Hal Benningforth on his walk to the Substation Seattle upon applying his first ear plug . You dashing stranger with one ear plug, where is the second? I swallowed the second. What ? Yeah, I have a habit of chewing on them. It's something about the orange foam 😋. #DonDelevaart ,  #Kitticus5 ,  #chimera ,  #electroholic ,  #cyberplastica ,   #cybergoth ,  #dondeleva ,   #goth ,  #postpunk ,   #seattleartfair ,  #seattle ,  #NorthWestUnderground ,  #Fantagraphics ,  #UniversityOfThePacific ,  #roqlarue   #alexandermcqueen ,  #SubstationSeattle ,  #sunn0 )),  #BradleyUnivercity ,  #Deleva   #ArtCollection  ,  #PortraitPainter ,   #NoiseMusicSeattle   #spk ,  #40mhz
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Offering

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This isn't a mission for the faint of heart. This is a consistent dedication of sacrifice,  an offering to all those who never knew you offered it.
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