Here is a video of my recent show at Parklane Gallery showing the paintings as hung

I was in a two person show in February 2024, showing 16 new paintings at Parklane Gallery in Kirkland.

Sketching Daylilies at Summer Camp in Vermont in July 2023.

2022 ARTSplash show

Biography

DEAllen started taking drawing classes at the Pratt Fine Arts Center in Seattle about 2010. After moving to Edmonds he continued art classes at Cole Gallery, Edmonds Community College and directly from local artists, including extensive mentoring from Angela Bandurka. He started painting in Pastels in 2018, moving to Acrylics in 2020. Member of National Oil & Acrylic Painters’ Society, Northwest Watercolor Society, and Artist’s Connect in Edmonds, Washington.

Artistic Statement

It is commonly said that learning to draw or paint makes one really look at everything. Exploring how to express what I’m seeing, in form, color, light and contrast is what inspires me to paint.

Juried Shows DEAllen has been shown in include:

  • Willie and Friend: “NOAPS Associate Member Online Show, August 2023

  • Zion Color: “Peninsula Art League’s 2022 Open Juried Show” September-October 2022

  • ti tree: “NOAPS Associate Member Online Show, July 2022

  • Tall Trees: “2022 - Edmonds Art Festival Gallery Show” at the Edmonds Art Festival June 17-19, 2022

  • Croton Plant and ti tree: “Flowers 4 Peace & Prosperity at the Red Bluff Art Gallery, Red Bluff California June 2022

  • Burney Falls: VIBRANT LandScAPes show at the Red Bluff Art Gallery, Red Bluff California.

  • Clear and Cold: Virtual Juried Art Exhibit - 2021 Shoreline Arts Festival

  • Pinnacles Oak: The Healing Wilderness show at NorthWind Fine Arts Gallery 85 Main Street Saranac Lake, New York

  • Oregon Coast Cliff: Windslow Juried Show and Sale Winter 2021

  • Blue Vase: Expressions Northwest exhibit at Northwind Arts Center in Port Townsend 2019