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The Art of David Castagna

  • Mandalas
  • Singletons
  • Planetoids
  • Novae
  • Sets
  • About
  • Contact

About

Welcome

Welcome to my site.  Please have fun and enjoy my work.  I am always open to any comments or constructive suggestions.

About Me

I am a sci-fi fan, IT professional and father of 3.  I lead a pretty typical suburban life with all of the stresses that brings.  Most late nights on weekends and holidays you can find me in my "studio" creating more art.

My Inspiration

Each week I produce at least 1 new piece worthy of posting to this site.  Each piece is a reflection of my mind at the time each one comes into being.  I don't attempt to reproduce what I see around me but what I feel and see in my mind.  Art is my meditation.  My valued alone-time.  When I pain the world around me is tuned out of existence.

The Paintings

Each piece is different but I work with a limited number of material configurations.  I prefer to keep the experimentation limited to these specific configurations until I feel I have mastered them.  Currently my pieces are produced either on Translucent Yupo paper or pre-treated canvases mounted to hardboard.  I use only alcohol inks from Ranger Inks and Coloronas alcohol ink pens.  I will occasionally use black and white acrylic pens for accents or augmentation but that is rare.

Each original is treated with Krylon Kamar Varnish.  I will treat originals with a clear Krylon UV Archival Varnish in a satin finish if requested but I don't currently treat my pieces with a UV varnish to keep costs down (most newer homes and office buildings have windows treated to filter out UV light therefore in those environments treating the piece is not strictly speaking required).

Purchase Particulars

If you wish to purchase anything please feel free to contact me on the Contact page.  I currently will sell originals in their current frames.  Please see the framed images under each piece's page.  The prices where applicable will be given in the each piece's page.  Note: I reserve the right to make as many prints as I wish from the originals regardless of whether or not they have been sold already (I retain high resolution images for reproduction of prints as needed).

Prints will be available as soon as I have decent high-resolution photographic reproductions of each print.  Please be patient.  It would be very valuable for me to know if you are interested in prints so please - even though they are not currently available - post me a message via the Contact page.

 

 

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