While Smokey DeVille prefers oil paints for “the freedom to be inspired enough to go back through and re-work the paint, something that you don’t get with acrylics”, he also explores works in water color, and uses digital creations as well as 3-dimensional multimedia formats to express his sometimes controversial creative side.  

            "I've always known I think differently than those around me" states DeVille.  His visual artwork is a magnificent representation of his own abstract thought and its lack of a strict evolutionary direction, this is art as the artist sees it.  From the subtle pastel watercolors, which leave much to the wonderers mind, to abrasive psychological imagery that leaves you questioning the sanity of the artist. It isn’t difficult in fact to forget that one artist actually created all of these dynamic and diverse representations. 

            With digital media, Smokey explores the more industrial and technical side of his artistic journey, bright designs that need a legend to truly decipher all the pieces--and flashy images that quicken the heart, capturing movement and strong emotion.

            If you've visited Chicago, in the last ten years, Smokey may have pierced you, breathed fire for you at an upscale event or maybe you have even heard his music playing in a club or at an event. Nevertheless, those who haven’t yet discovered Mr. Deville, are certainly bound to do so soon.