Psyche III | Rob Delameter | Lost Art Salon Collection

Psyche III | Rob Delameter | Lost Art Salon Collection Original work by California artist Rob Delameter.  Gouache and graphite on paper.   Framed as shown.  Drawing floats on a black acid-free archival mat Black gallery frame Museum glass.  27.5" L x 19" W About Rob Delameter Rob's work is created using various forms of printmaking (hand-painted monoprints in water-based paints on archival paper), painting and collage. His most successful pieces combine simplicity and the Japanese concept of "wabi sabi" (finding beauty in imperfection). Each new piece begins with either a sketch or an idea about colors. And it always comes from a direct experience with the real world. Rob's stone-inspired pieces began with a drawing he made of an arrangement of fallen rocks I encountered high up in the Andes of Peru - an act of nature had created a perfect composition. And that fascination has continued with his exploration of the Northern California coast. He is enamored with ideas, objects, stories, and people from the past. He's been very impacted by the Bloomsbury Group - a small circle of artists and writers in London from the early part of the 20th century. They believed in making as much as they could themselves (textiles, furniture, ceramics, fine art, etc.) and valued the gifts of friendship - especially between men and women - which was rare in those days. Rob was raised in Southern California where both the coast and the desert imprinted their beauty on him at an early age. After twenty five years in San Francisco, he now livesacross the bay in the Rockridge neighborhood of Oakland. His painting and printmaking studio is located on the same property.  The dramatic clash of nature (water, hills, constantly changing weather) with urban forms (architecture, the angles of the streets) of the Bay Area has a significant influence on Rob's work. About Lost Art Salon Lost Art Salon is a San Francisco-based gallery that specializes in the rediscovery of historically significant artists and the curation of fine art collections reflecting the major styles and movements of the Modern Era.  Our public showroom offers over 5,000 one-of-a-kind paintings, drawings, prints, photographs, and objects from the late 19th Century through the present, with a strong emphasis on 20th Century Modernism. Lost Art Salon was conceived out of the desire to find an audience for artists who may have been overlooked by the confines of art history.  Long-time friends and co-owners, Gaetan Caron and Rob Delamater, began the process of restoring and presenting found art in their living rooms in San Francisco’s Mission District in 2003.  In 2005, Lost Art moved into its current location on South Van Ness, and soon shifted the focus from single flea market finds to extensive artist collections. Gaetan and Rob work directly with the families and colleagues of artists to bring these collections out of storage units, barns, and attics, back to life and into the homes and design projects of their clientele.  Following the initial acquisition, they carry these collections through the stages of in-depth biographical research, restoration and conservation, archiving, curation, framing, and final presentation in the Salon.