Biography of Don Finkeldei

Don Finkeldei received a BS in Physics and minor in art from Fort Hays Kansas State. He continued studying computer science and electrical engineering at the University of California, San Jose. After pursuing a successful career for 15 years in the science, technology and computers, Don moved to Santa Fe where he started painting, sculpting and developing internet applications for galleries and artists.

While growing up on a farm in Kansas, Don was interested in art at an early age. As irrigation ditches where filling with water, Don would make watercolor sketches of the surrounding landscape and sculpt animals and people out of the rich Kansas mud.

 Don say's: "I have always strived to reduce everything I do to it's most elegant simplicity whether it's in art or science. Allowing people to experience visually what I feel in my soul gives me great pleasure".

You'll find most of Don's paintings are of early morning or late evening, cool gray days, vast fields and simple serene settings.

SHOWS:
Santa Fe Fine Art, Santa Fe, New Mexico (1each year)
Pellam Gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico
Linda McAdoo Gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico
Linda McAdoo Gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico
Linda McAcoo Gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico
Missouri Athletic Club, St. Louis, Missouri
Linda McAdoo, Santa Fe, New Mexico
Missouri Athletic Club, St. Louis, Missouri
Jan Ballew Gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico
Taos Art Gallery, Taos, New Mexico
Jan Ballew Gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico
Wings Gallery, Thousand Oaks, California
Jan Ballew Gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico
Carnahan Fine Art, Santa Fe, New Mexico


PUBLICATIONS:
Southwest Art, 2004
Pasa Tiempo, Santa Fe New Mexican, 1995
The Santa Fean Magazine, 1995
Focus Santa Fe Magazine, 1994
Art and Aniques Magazine, 1993
The Santa Fean Magazine, 1990
The Santa Fean Magazine, 1993, 1992
Focus Santa Fe Magazine, 1991
Front Page Article, The New Mexican, 1991
The Arizona Magazine, 1992