“After The Battle”
Bronze Sculpture
“Who Let The Moose Loose”
Acrylic on Canvas
I started drawing with pencil and crayon at a very early age. At nine years old I began painting in oils on canvas. In my teens I turned to what I saw as “automotive art” and sculpted with paint custom motorcycles and corvettes. Later years working with the custom bodied classics such as Rolls Royce. I designed and executed the 1954 Roll Royce Silver Dawn for the flamboyant entertainer Liberace’s bicentennial America show, and it is now housed in the Smithsonian Icon series. Modeling with my hands led to jewelry design in gold and silver metals and prepared the way for small and large scale bronze sculpture.
I became interested in photography at a very early age by utilizing my Kodak “Brownie Hawkeye” camera until discovering the Nikon 35mm in the late 1960’s which opened another channel of creativity. For a number of years I have engaged in the creation of what I call “art films”. The digital age has allowed me to encompass all of the various mediums in art, painting, sculpture, music, and film making. Therefore it can be said, I am engaged in performance art, craft, and in fine art.
I have been interested in some aspect of art all of my life. Knowing that art is my life – and my life is also my art, permeating everything even my actions and thoughts. If an individual is given a gift of creativity I feel that there is a responsibility to give that creation life, send it out into the world to be shared, and perhaps light the spark of creativity in others. This extends into the abstract realm of philosophy as witnessed in my “Mega Money God project”, which invites individuals to examine not only the tangible world, but to examine personal relationships with other people, the world around them, and the Deity whose moral codes guide their lives.
In my mind then, Art is an all encompassing phenomenon that is hallmark and cornerstone of being human.
Artist at age 12 painting
at Hayhurst Studio.
“The Tree Owl”
From the ‘Spirits of Nature’ series.
Mega Geraj/Flamin’ Pepper Motorcycle
The first film short features some of the custom cars
and motorcycles David John Mega has created during his career.
While the second film takes you through the process of creating his
latest project “The Flamin’ Pepper Motorcycle“.
Ride of the XX Century
A conceptual film centered around the automobile
artwork of David John Mega. The art piece was created
from 1950’s and 1960’s autos to reflect classic
Americana at it’s height.
The artwork internationally debuted at
the Magische Verbindungen Exhibit
in Wuppertal, Germany in 2010.
Tex – the Armadillo From Amarillo
A whimsical music video featuring
the custom Bugadillo Volkswagen Beetle
designed, sculpted, and painted by David John Mega.
Who Let The Moose Loose
A whimsical film show-casing
the latest acrylic painting from David John Mega.
It captures two iconic images from Park City, Utah.
Loosey the Moose and the McPolin Barn.
Dragon Tree – The Fires of Imagination
This film is the centerpiece of a series of artworks
by David John Mega that include sculpture, painting,
and photography. It’s purpose is to engage our
imaginations in what we see in the natural world.
The combined artwork debuted in Crosscurrents
at the Oglebay Institute in Wheeling, WV USA
in February 2015.
CONSUME
This film highlights how we as consumers in the 21st Century
are being exploited to constantly buy more and more things.
It also points out the problem with disposal of our “consumed” items
and the impact to the environment.
There is a brief video from the first exhibition of the piece,
and a shorter, alternate version of the video which is featured in the artwork.