Time and Time Again Jeff Del Nero

Time and Time Again

“Time and Time Again” 7.5” W x 10.5” H media: Acrylic, Ink, Graphite, on Paper, Jeff Del Nero 2022 This a reference to a science silhouette symbol of a human over a redrawn version from a medieval engraving. As a young boy, while sitting in front of the television, I had a habit of working … Read more

21st Annual Artlink Juried Exhibition

February 2021 Juried Exhibit I was pleased to be included in this year’s Artlink juried show at Found:re Contemporary. See the Exhibit Catalog as a pdf here. There was a nice group of artists in the show, and the experience was tenuous due to the ongoing stresses about COVID-19. People were genuinely happy to be … Read more

Interview with Tripp Art

Artist: Terry Tripp of TrippArt Interviews Artist: Jeff Del Nero about his work. TrippsArtClass.com TrippArt: What first got you interested in visual art? What’s your “art testimony”? JEFF DEL NERO: Illustration was an early interest. I loved album cover art and how the visual expression of the music added to the experience. The whole package … Read more

Jeff Del Nero’s work at ASU Polytechnic library through January 2020

Another opportunity to show the smaller works at Arizona State University‘s Polytechnic Campus Library Gallery. The Polytechnic campus Library is pleased to showcase the work of local artist Jeff Del Nero. Along with running his own art business, Del Nero also is an instructor on design and illustration at Grand Canyon University. Del Nero’s work, … Read more

Paper Planes

The Vault Gallery at the Arizona State University’s Downtown Phoenix campus Library is featuring “Paper Planes,” an exhibit of the work of Jeff Del Nero. His current paintings are of mixed media on various sized panels in the form of college-ruled binder paper. It’s a visual reference to the time in his life when mark-making … Read more

Refugees of Eden

“Refugees from Eden” 30.5 x 24 in., size S, acrylic on panel, Jeff Del Nero 2018

Refugees of Eden. Those escaping a now-dead tree. This is a "serious doodle" based on an idea I had while the debates regarding the Syrian refugees were trying to find new countries in which to escape...

A land that was once home, is now no longer hospitable. Now their new reality is a cold, hard land of unreceptive people that see them as inconveniences.

In the permanent collection of Life Pacific University.

Galerie U7 in Frankfurt

In 2003 I was included in a show with a painter from Germany. This was a chance to show my work in a really new situation for me—internationally! The situation was a great opportunity and a real learning experience. Below is a rough translation from an article about the show in the Frankfurter Neue Presse. … Read more

Invisible Visible

Reflecting on my work, in the past, it was more aligned with romanticism layered with social realism. Combining those elements that are “seen,” then fashioning and ordering them in a way that seeks to make them memorable and newly discovered. Now my work more aligns with the conceptual ideology of making something that was once … Read more

Time Out of Mind

post-history, communication, technology-eras, strife, innovation, time, etc. “Time Out of Mind” 36×48 in. size M, acrylic on panel, Jeff Del Nero 2018 Details “Time Out of Mind” 36×48 in. size M, acrylic on panel, Jeff Del Nero 2018 Interested in buying this painting? This painting is currently available for purchase through SaatchiArt.com Buy Now

The System

“The System” 48x36in. size M, Acrylic on panel, Jeff Del Nero 2018 An inspiration has been John Coltrane and his legacy of music. I ran across his hand-drawn diagram for his theories from 1967. This offers a “visual” to the music and artist that has intersected with my thoughts of painting on more than one … Read more

Detail of Kingdom of None, by Jeff Del Nero

Kingdom of None

“Kingdom of None” Acrylic on Panel, 91x72in., Jeff Del Nero ©2017

...empty thrones, a past empire, ice skaters, one who serves, and one who takes.

Market

This is a drawing, a doodle on an enlarged “binder paper” proportion gessoed panel. Inspired by thoughts of information graphics and the current dependence upon charts, graphs, algorithms, pictures required to help us understand larger sets of numbers. In the form of the classical sculpture Laocoön, we are faced with decisions about our lifestyle and … Read more

R3MOTE CON7ROL, or “Remote control”

“R3MOTE CON7ROL” 48 x 36in, Size: M, Acrylic on Panel, Jeff Del Nero JUN2017 An “overkill” take on the concept of a remote control. When I started on this yellow paper series, many of the images were exaggerations of imagery.  This one definitely inspired by the 1925 silent film Battleship Potemkin. The drawings are made … Read more

Man Made

“Man Made” 17×22 in., size: petite, acrylic on panel, Jeff Del Nero 2017 From a tradition of pop art sensibility, a simple representation of an everyday object calls attention to the use it represents in our society and/or our era. A chair, a functional object that is made out of wood for use by humans. … Read more