I love talking to my parents and learning a little bit more about myself—like one of the inspirations behind my name.
One night, my Dad—who was a painter when I was little—created a painting that was inspired by Frank Stella's Tahki-I-Sulayman I (1967). Thus, "Derilyn" was born. My "D" painting—as I call it—was different from Stella's of course. The layout of the "Ds" were different, and I remember my Dad used a lot of greens and yellows.
From what I remember, my Dad's paintings were usually realistic, and he painted with oils, watercolors, some acrylic, charcoal pencils, or conté (what I used to call his French crayons). He drew from live subjects or he would take a photograph of something he saw, draw it, and paint it.
Although my parents no longer have that "D" painting my Dad painted that night, I remember it fondly.
If you don't know much about Frank Stella. Click here to learn more about his work.
