Dave Delaney is a painter and illustrator hailing from the Philadelphia suburb of Drexel Hill, PA. Growing up Dave was surrounded by creative family influences, including his grandfather who was a painter and illustrator, his mother who is a painter, his father who is a genius with a knack for auto restoration, and his brother who is a musician.

Dave began his formal artistic training under the tutalage of his grandfather, then in high school with a concentration in art (and an unofficial minor in skateboarding). He went on to earn a BFA in illustration from the University of the Arts in Philadelphia, where he discovered a community of skateboarding artists within which he flourished.

He lived and worked in the city of Philadelphia for years following college, earning a living as a web designer.

Dave currently paints and illustrates full time and is also an avid amateur photographer. He is an explorer at heart, and splits his spare time between urban and rural adventures, deriving inspiration from all things manufactured and natural alike.

Despite his cool facade, Dave claims to aspire to eccentricity. He fantasizes of pacing his living room in a tattered bathrobe while flinging sardines at Lawrence Welk's head on the television screen and spontaneously exclaiming "grape soda!" to his imaginary dog named Hank.

- The Biz