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When I paint, I am interested in memory, emotion, and spontaneity.  I approach the canvas without primary sketches or concrete plans in an attempt to record ideas from below the conscious level.  The work is a document of my experiences, interests, and state of mind at the point in my life when I created it.…

Ever since I was gifted a Pentax K1000 back in 1994 my conscious life has been driven by the world of photographic imagery. Immediately, the science and manipulation of film chemistry and the philosophy of imagery had me hooked. Since then, current digital revelations in photography keep me intrigued with possibilities I have yet to…

  Seeker – Student – Photographer – Musician – Poet – Father – Grandfather – Husband   Join me in a creative process that begins in my mind’s eye, enters through a lens, is captured by a chemical film, realized on paper, and interpreted by you. I hope to trigger a flow of emotions, questions,…

An artist is more of a translator then anything else. Sure the artist can also be a painter, a sculptor, or even a poet, but in essence they are still a translator of a sublime unwritten language of thoughts and ideas. An Artist fails when they cannot fully convey their idea or perception of a…

Artist Statement I have always created art in some way.  As a child in a small town in Florida, I would entertain myself by drawing small human figures dancing.  From that obsessive habit early on I have continued over the last 30 years to create visual art. I still often work in pen and ink…

  Holiday exhibition of recent works. All work is reasonably priced under $100 just in time for the holidays. socks, newly created birdhouses, chenille paintings, illuminated sculptures, stained glass panels from “Rust Belt Crystal Palace”, maybe a few new penile collages, etc       Small Works Dana Depew December 7 – December 22, 2013

  Nancy Prudic is associate professor of visual arts at Lake Erie College and has worked at the Cleveland Museum of Art in the Department of Education and Public Programming for eighteen years. Prudic believes that art is informed by the questions one asks oneself. Throughout her career a recurring theme has been personal image…

      All that Glows is Glorious Dana Depew December 31, 2005 – January 31, 2006

  It is with great admiration for the craft of film-making that I choose to use motion pictures as a source for my images. When watching a film the artistry can get lost in the blur of the narrative action as we get caught up in the characters and plot. Taking still images not only…