Steven A. DaLuz
ARTIST STATEMENT
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. 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, wood, mylar or encaustics. While many of these works engage mixed media, paint remains the constant—a partner with whom I joyfully wrestle and dance.
- Steven DaLuz, 2009
ARTIST BIOGRAPHY
Steven DaLuz is a versatile artist who is compelled to do work that conjures up a sense of mystery and ethereal light, whether figurative or abstract, and his interests are evenly split between the two. While identified with abstract works that are often landscape-referential—employing a process using metal leaf, oil, and mixed media, he is also known for figurative works that are poetic and introspective. He’s been described as “…an old European romantic painter cast adrift in the New World--a conduit tapping into some distant yearning for a lost paradise he tries to consciously or unconsciously manufacture.” Born in Hanford, California, the son of an Air Force officer, DaLuz lived in 13 states and 5 foreign countries before settling in San Antonio, Texas. He was selected for acceptance into the 2009 Biennale in Florence, Italy, and his works have been published in art periodicals, such as Fine Art Connoisseur, and Poets and Artists magazine, where he received the cover for the Nov 2009 Issue. Naming his “72” exhibition one of San Antonio’s Best exhibits for 2008, Dan Goddard, San Antonio Express-News Art Critic, called the artwork, “…perhaps the city’s most creative response yet to 9-11.” His works have been exhibited at the Museum of Contemporary Art, in Skopje, Macedonia, Artists Space, New York, NY, and many other commercial and university galleries. Widely collected, Steve’s drawings and paintings are represented in private and corporate collections in 18 States and several foreign countries.
DaLuz is listed in the Art in America Annual and the American Artist Bluebook.
His works are represented by The AnArte Gallery, in San Antonio, Laura Rathe Fine Art in Houston, Texas, and Monarch Gallery in La Jolla, California.
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