BACKROOM ARCHIVES - Is the result of me having to gain access to a GFI circuit behind my flat files. This messy event resulted in my finding a ton of work that has been ratted-away for many years.

I am taking this opportunity to re-visit, and list these (primarily) sketches and color studies from various concepts and series' over the years. Many of these are very old, but I feel like making them available at a reduced rate.

They are mostly unframed, but a few are ready-to-hang since they have been in various shows over the years. I would like to think you can find something here that is real, and historical (in my life anyway) and something that can be acquired to bring joy to your everyday life.

Or you can select some real 20th Century Ephemera! your choice of these classic vintage 1999 serigraph on felt pennants $10

Aluminum for the Millennium

Deadpan Contemporary Painting

Finicky, Finicky, Randomness

DPCP - Deadpan Contemporary Painting

BACKROOM ARCHIVES - Resource Series

Broken Tree

Broken Tree, 2015
size: 9.75 x 14 in.
media: oil on panel, unframed

Consumer, 2016
size: 12.25 x 17.5in.
media: acrylic on panel, unframed

Stump Table, 2014
size: 10 x 14.5 in.
media: ink & acrylic on museum board, unframed

Chair Forest Study

Chair Forest, 2014
size: 11.5 x 10 in.
media: ink & acrylic on museum board, unframed

Yellow Forms with Stumps & Chairs, 2014
size: 10 x 14.5 in.
media: ink & acrylic on museum board, unframed

Sanctified - hexagons, 2014
size:15.5 x 10.5 in.
media: acrylic and ink on panel, ready to hang.

BACKROOM ARCHIVES -
Rhombus & Doodles Series

Rhombus Print, Dots Left & Organic Right, 2014
size: 11 x 14 in.
media: linocut, unframed
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Rhombus Print, Dots Left & Growth Rings Right, 2014
size: 11 x 14 in.
media: linocut, unframed
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Rhombus Print, Grid Left & Growth Rings Right, 2014
size: 11 x 14 in.
media: linocut, unframed
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Rhombus Print, Organic Left & Linear Right, 2014
size: 11 x 14 in.
media: linocut, unframed
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Rhombus Hexagon, 2014
size: 11 x 9.25 in.
media: ceramic wall hanging, ready to hang

Rhombus Vertical Pose, 2015
size: 14 x 24 in.
media: ceramic wall hanging, ready to hang

BACKROOM ARCHIVES - Worker Series

Worker With Hat

Worker With Hat, 2005
size: 10 x 15 in.
media: ink on rag paper, unframed

Sketch - Boy Sweeping, Study, 1985
size: 7 x 8 in.
media: graphite on paper, unframed

Alone With My Thoughts, 2013
size: 14 x 14 in.
media: acrylic on canvas, ready to hang.

Women Workers study, 1992-ish
size: 16 x 20 in.
media: oil on wood panel, unframed

BACKROOM ARCHIVES - Paintings & Drawings Not in a Series

Analog dia de los Muertos, 2013
size: 17 x 17 in.
media: digital monoprint, framed

Sisyphus Study, 2005
size: 10 x 12 in.
media: ink on museum board, unframed

Joseph With Jacob's Bones, 2013
size: 10 x 13 in.
media: linocut, 2-color reduction, unframed.

note: only 6 remaining.

Play Button Graffiti on Hendrick Avercamp Skaters, 2015
framed size: 25 w x 21 h in.
media: giclée print on unstretched canvas, framed flat in a found frame.
A conceptual piece that was part of a series playing between the digital realm and images offered for new creation by Rjiks Museum's "rijksstudio"

Vice Grip, 1999
size: 9.5 x 20 in.
media: pastel, mixed-media on un-stretched canvas, unframed

Man in Chair, Monterey, CA 1999
size: 13 x 14 in.
media: acrylic on panel, ready to hang.

Dancer, Monterrey, CA, 1999
size:18 x 24 in.
media: acrylic on panel, ready to hang.

Figure Study - Man, Monterrey, CA, 1999
size: 8 x 10 in.
media: acrylic on gessoed panel, unframed.

Figure Study - Man in Beret with Book, Monterrey, CA, 1999
size: 5.75 x 10.25 in.
media: charcoal on gessoed panel, unframed.

Still Life - Apples, Monterrey, CA, 1999
size: 8 x 10 in.
media: acrylic on gessoed panel, unframed.

Santa Fe - Pink Clouds, 2013
size: 10 x 13.25 in.
media: acrylic on museum board, unframed

Santa Fe - Yellow Clouds, 2013
size: 10 x 13.25 in.
media: acrylic on museum board, unframed

Ditch Digger, 1999
size: 30 x 14 in.
triptych (3 @ 10x14 in.)
media: pastel on rag board, unframed.

location watercolor in Santa Monica, CA, 1983
size: 20 x 14 in.
media: watercolor on coldpress, unframed. SOLD

Chihuahua, 1990
size: 42 x 66 in.
media: acrylic, oil, charcoal

BACKROOM ARCHIVES -
Ceramics & 3D Stuff

Fire Hydrant, 1999
size: 3.5 x 8.625 in.
media: carved 2x4 with copperleaf overlay, ready to hang.

Wrench, Orange Middle, 1999
size: 3 x 11 in.
media: ceramic + glue assembly, ready to hang SOLD

Wrench - Melted, 1999
size: 3 x 11 in.
media: ceramic, ready to hang

Wrench with Orange Grip, 1999
size: 3 x 11 in.
media: ceramic, ready to hang

Wrench - Hydrocal 1, 1988
size: 3.5 x 12 in.
media: cast hydrocal, ready to hang

Wrench - Hydrocal 2, 1988
size: 3.5 x 12 in.
media: cast hydrocal, ready to hang

Wrench - Hydrocal 3, 1988
size: 3.5 x 12 in.
media: cast hydrocal, ready to hang

BACKROOM ARCHIVES - Orange County Series

Ridgetop Variation with Greenbelt, 1988
size: 11.25 x 5.75 in.
media: graphite on paper, unframed

405 Fwy at Sand Canyon, 1988
size: 10 x 5 in.
media: graphite on paper, unframed SOLD

Hill Side Study - Orange County Series, 1988
size: 9 x 13 in.
media: ink on museum board, unframed

Ridgetop Study, 1988
size: 7.75 x 9 in.
media: graphite on paper, unframed

Freeway Study - Orange County Series, 1988
size: 6.5 x 9.625 in.
media: ink on museum board, unframed

BACKROOM ARCHIVES - Vineyard Pastels & Agricultural Series

mockup of my agricultural pastels in a contemporary space

Bright Harvest, 2014
The glow of harvest in mid-day. An attempt to capture the atmosphere and energy of a timeless crop. A vineyard is evidence of culture. UNFRAMED
15" X 11" ~ PRICE: $165

Vineyard at Mid-Day, 2014
“Autumn is a second spring when every leaf is a flower.” ― Albert Camus. Rolling hills with vineyards that still have their fall colors caught just before winter.
UNFRAMED 19" X 12.5" ~ PRICE: $375

Vineyard in Winter, 2014
There are times when a vineyard needs to rest and rejuvenate. This depicts that time when rest happens, whether it be in the winter or a special consideration by the wine maker as to how the soil needs rest.
UNFRAMED 20" X 13" ~ PRICE: $325

Vineyard on a Hill, 2014
Rolling hills. Conforming rows of vines. Considering the climate. Considering the soil. Considering the location. “Beer is made by men, wine by God.” ― Martin Luther
UNFRAMED 11" X 8" ~ PRICE: SOLD

Vineyard Harvest – End of Day, 2014
When it is harvest time you work at both dawn and dusk. Time is of the essence and we are all at the mercy of the weather, so no one gets a break.

Vineyard Harvest – End of Day, (cont)
This pastel was given an honorable mention at the Marin Society of Artists, in a juried show  called Fresh Art.
FRAMED 17" X 21" ~ PRICE: $625

Rows Upon Rows, 2014
Seeing the vineyards laid out like a pattern and taking advantage of thermals. “We ought to do good to others as simply as a horse runs, or a bee makes honey, or a vine bears grapes season after season without thinking of the grapes it has borne.” - Marcus Aurelius
UNFRAMED 13" X 20" ~ PRICE: $425

Worker in Hat, 2014
This is an expressive study for a larger pastel (yet to be completed)
UNFRAMED 6" X 10" ~ PRICE: $125

Vineyard Worker with Crate, 2014
This is a study for a larger past (yet to be completed)
UNFRAMED 12" X 10.5" ~ PRICE: $240

Fallow Vineyard, 2014
There are times when a vineyard needs to rest and rejuvenate. This depicts that time when rest happens, whether it be in the winter or special consideration by the winemaker as to how the soil needs rest.
UNFRAMED 30" X 21.5" ~ SOLD

Pastel, 16x28 in. Picker on a Ladder blue hues, Jeff Del Nero, 2023

Picker in Orchard with Ladder, 2023
This pastel has been so popular I am offering it as a print.
UNFRAMED ~ Price $360

Pastel, 5x7 in., Jeff Del Nero, 2023

2 Irrigators at Sunset, 2023
Late in the day, but that's when we got our water. Pastel on Paper.
UNFRAMED 5" X 7" ~ Price $140

10x12 in., Pastel, Irrigators at Sunset, Jeff Del Nero, 2023

2 Irrigators at Sunset, 2023
This time of day is an important one, the heat of the day is past. You don't control when you get your water, an irrigator has to be ready at any hour.
UNFRAMED 10" X 12" ~ PRICE: $240

10x12 in., Picker on a ladder at sunset, Jeff Del Nero, 2023

Pickers at Sunset, 2023
The workers in an orchard, with pickers working towards the end of the day.
UNFRAMED 10" X 12" ~ PRICE: $240

Pastel, 12x10 in., Harvesters in a Field, Jeff Del Nero, 2023

Harvesting in a Field, 2023
Bringing in a haul from the field
UNFRAMED 12" X 10" ~ PRICE: $240

Pastel, 27x34 in., Pickers in an orchard, with a ladder, Jeff Del Nero, 2023

Picker on a Ladder (drawing), 2003
Bringing in a haul from the field
UNFRAMED 27" X 34" ~ PRICE: $275

Bold Picker (online-order print), 2014
This pastel has been so popular I am offering it as a print.
Your choice - UNFRAMED/FRAMED ~ $Various Prices

Cutting Hay, 1982
size: 4 x 6 in.
media: graphite on paper, unframed

Cutting Hay - Detail, 1982
size: 10.25 x 5.75 in.
media: graphite on paper, unframed

Wesley Cropduster -
Study Sketch - small
, 1982
size: 6.5 x 3.5 in.
media: graphite on paper, unframed
note: drawing is cut close on the right side.

Wesley Cropduster -
Study
, 1982
size: 4.5 x 8.25 in.
media: graphite on paper, unframed
note: drawing is cut close on the left side.

Sketch - Cutting Hay - Value Study, 1982
size: 12.25 x 8.25 in.
media: graphite on paper, unframed

Sketch - Value Study for End of the Day, 1983
size: 14 x 17 in.
media: graphite on paper, unframed

Sketch - Patriarch, Study for End of the Day, 1983
size: 7.5 x 8 in.
media: graphite on paper, unframed

Sketch - Compositional Study for End of the Day, 1983
size: 13.5 x 7 in.
media: graphite on paper, unframed