Welcome to Dallan's I

Welcome to my blog!

For all of you who have already been here, I apologize because I haven't added anything but a bunch of gab. Don't worry, more art will come! I am an engineer and an artist so you would think I know how to run a computer; but when it comes to blogging my wife is the pro. She does the fancy stuff. I hope you like what you see here. It represents pretty much everything I have done that is worth documenting. Like every self -respecting artist, I have about a million works half finished and kicking around. They will pop up here and there. My wife Rachel said I have to periodically pry myself away from the studio to blog about about my work, so I will add verbal sketches for each painting when I figure out their meanings, or at least something to tell ya' about it. Hope you like my work and give me lots of feedback.

Thanks for coming to look through Dallan's I. (wink, wink)

Realism

Surrealism

Man, I really hope you like this stuff, because this is my favorite stuff to paint. I guess when you can't see very well you have to use your imagination to fill in the gaps. Well, after looking at these I am guessing you are all concerned that I still have a driver's license. Don't worry I got my eyes fixed up a couple years ago and I'm~~~ Okaaay on the road.

I started developing this style in Junior High and High School. I think it was my 12th birthday that my friends (Mason Simons, Jacob Leavitt, and Joel Brough) gave me a fine point Sharpie and a pad of drawing paper and then it was all over. They were always supportive of my desire to express the disjointed understanding of my youth. I think another person I have to thank is a guy that lived in the Simons basement apartment for a few months (Matoon). He had an awesome lettering style that I have yet to mimic.

Okay, there is one other thing I have to say about this style. I attended art class for 6 years in the Las Vegas School District during the height of gang popularity in some inner city schools. Though I paint acid art, I am super laid back, and squint, smile, and don't look you in the eyes all the time: I DON'T DO DRUGS. Believe me, it's true. This is clean imagery. So, DON'T DO DRUGS!!!