John Delventhal - Copper Panels

   John graduated from the University of Missouri in 1953 obtaining a degree in Biological Science. Classes in Art Appreciation and the History of Modern Art helped to cultivate his love and understanding of art. His firm belief in always collecting original art, never prints, also resulted from those early educational experiences.
   John started out with a salvaged sheet of copper laminate and his past knowledge of chemistry. In the beginning not all John’s pieces met his standards as he learned to work with the copper and chemicals. “Sometimes the results were interesting, sometimes disappointing.”
   But, he persevered and John’s pioneering spirit and just plain love for what he is doing is brought some amazing results. “Remembering the song, accentuate the positive, eliminate the negative I tried to repeat the successful ones and discard the others.”   Through experimentation he has been successful in producing a variety of colors and patterns to include impressions of leaves, stems, circles and squares. His creations vary in size from as small as 8 inch by 10 inch up to 36 inch x 48 inch. Many of his panels are a long slender format. John’s panels make elegant art pieces of their very own or beautiful accent pieces.