Artist's Statement
Earth, sky and water are very exciting. When these elemental forces combine, beautiful and sublime things happen. My egg tempera paintings are pictures of the forces that give shape to my favorite places—Kachemak Bay--Alaska--the Pacific Ocean. Under the pressure of development many of our places are changing rapidly or just plain being rubbed out.
"It’s time to look again at where we come from and where we dwell."
My method of painting is very slow. It is also meditative. So it gives me a long time to reflect on the subject I am painting. Maybe there’s some kind of voodoo in the dots, because when I have finished a piece, somehow I have fallen in love with the place--not the painting--but the place itself. By drawing on everything in my experience and imagination about a place --including sensations, history, lore, emotions, and desire-- I transport myself to another world. That world knows no politics, no scarcity, no hierarchy. It just is. It unfolds before me in the sinuous curves of the universe and in the colors brought down to us from the sky.
Gallery Representation
Federation Gallery, 1241 Cartwright Street, Vancouver BC V6H 4B7
Bunnell Street Gallery, Suite 106A, Bunnell Street, Homer, Alaska 99603
Painting Exhibitions
Juried Solo Exhibit, Bear Gallery, Fairbanks, Alaska, 2019
Juried Solo Exhibit, Valdez Museum, Valdez, Alaska, 2019
Juried Solo Exhibit, University of Alaska, Anchorage, 2019
Juried Solo Exhibit, Alaska Pacific University, 2018
Invitational Group Exhibit, Bunnell Street Gallery, Homer, Alaska, 2017
Juried International Group Exhibit, Vancouver, B.C., 2014
Juried International Group Exhibit, Elk River, MN, 2014
Juried Group Exhibit, Ketchikan, Alaska, 2013
Juried International Group Exhibit, Kamloops, BC, 2013
Juried Solo Exhibit, Bunnell Street Arts Center, Homer, Alaska, 2012
Juried Solo Exhibit, Alaska Pacific University, 2012
International Juried Group Exhibit, Painting on the Edge, Vancouver, BC 2012
International Juried Group Exhibit, Kamloops, BC 2012
Juried Group Exhibit, Kenai, Alaska, 2011
Juried Group Exhibit, Ketchikan, Alaska
International Juried Group Exhibit, Painting on the Edge, Vancouver, BC, 2010
Juried Group Exhibit, Ketchikan, Alaska, 2010
International Juried Group Exhibit, Kamloops, BC, 2010
Juried Group Exhibit, Alaska Art Bank, Anchorage, Alaska, 2010
Juried Group Exhibit, Ketchikan, Alaska, 2009
International Juried Group Exhibit, Kelowna, BC, 2009
Juried Group Exhibit, Pratt Museum, Homer, Alaska, 2009
Juried Group Exhibit, Bunnell Street Gallery, Homer, Alaska, 2009
Juried Group Exhibit, Florence International Biennale, Florence Italy, invitation to exhibit, 2009
Juried Solo Exhibit, Bunnell Street Arts Center, Homer, Alaska, 2009
Juried Solo Exhibit, UAA Consortium Library Bridge, Anchorage, Alaska, 2009
International Juried Group Exhibit, Main Street Gallery, Littleton, CO, 2008
International Juried Group Exhibit, Painting on the Edge, Federation of Canadian Artists, Vancouver, BC, 2008
Juried Group Exhibit, All Alaska XXXII, Anchorage Museum of Art and History, Juror’s Award, 2008
Juried Group Exhibit, All Alaska, Pratt Museum Juried Art Show, Juror’s Award 2008
Invitational Group Exhibit, Pratt Museum, 2008
Juried Group Exhibit, Alaska Hummingbird Festival, Ketchikan, Alaska, Best of Show Award 2008
Juried Group Exhibit, Kenai Fine Arts Center, Kenai, Alaska, 2008
Juried Solo Exhibit, Bear Gallery, Fairbanks, Alaska 2007
International Juried Group Exhibit, Painting on the Edge, Federation of Canadian Artists, Vancouver, BC, 2007
Juried Group Exhibit, Alaska Hummingbird Festival, Ketchikan, Alaska, 2007, Award
Juried Group Exhibit, Pratt Museum Juried Art Show, Award, 2006
Juried Group Exhibit, All Alaska Exhibit, Anchorage Museum of Art and History, 2006
Invitational Group Exhibit, "Topologies", Galeria Galou, Williamsburg, Brooklyn, NYC, 2004
Juried Solo Exhibit, Alaska Pacific University, Anchorage, Alaska, 2003
Juried Group Exhibit, Pratt Museum Juried Art Show, 2004
Invitational Group Exhibit, "Water" by Bunnell Street Gallery, Homer, Alaska, 2003
Invitational Group Exhibit, "Wetlands" by Pratt Museum, Homer, Alaska, 2003
Juried Group Exibit, Kenai Arts Center, Kenai, Alaska 2003 (Juror’s Choice)
Invitational Group Exhibit, Resurrection Bay Galerie, Seward, Alaska, 2002
Juried Group Exhibit, Pratt Museum Juried Art Show, 2002
Juried Group Exhibit, All Alaska Exhibit, Anchorage Museum of Art and History, 2002
Juried Group Exhibit, Louisville Center for the Arts, Louisville, Colorado, 2001
Invitational Group Exhibit, Resurrection Bay Galerie, Seward, Alaska, 2001
Juried Group Exhibit, Pratt Museum, Homer, Alaska, 2000
Juried Group Exhibit, All Alaska Exhibit, Anchorage Museum of Art and History, 2000
Juried Group Exhibit, Valdez Museum, Valdez, Alaska, 1999
Juried Group Exhibit, Bunnell Street Gallery, Homer, Alaska, 1999 (honorable mention)
Juried Solo Exhibit, Alaska Pacific University, Anchorage, Alaska, 1999
Juried Group Exhibit: Pratt Museum, Homer, Alaska, 1998
Juried Group Exhibit; All Alaska Exhibit, Anchorage Museum of Art and History, 1998
Non-Juried Group Exhibit; Downtown Bistro, Homer, Alaska, l998
Juried Solo Exhibit, Bunnell Street Gallery, Homer, Alaska, 1997
Juried Group Exhibit; Pratt Museum, Homer, Alaska, 1997
Juried Solo Exhibit; Ptarmigan Arts, Homer, Alaska, 1997
Juried Solo Exhibit; Perspectives Gallery, Blacksburg, Virginia, 1995
Non-juried Solo Exhibit; College of Architecture and Urban Studies, VPI&SU, 1995
Juried Group Exhibit, Blacksburg, Virginia, 1995 (juror’s award)
Contacting the Artist
Deland Anderson
134 Mt View Drive
Homer, Alaska 99603
Tel: (907) 235-7804
email:deland@xyz.net