Born in Ohio, USA. David's oil paintings are in private and public collections, including the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, The Ohio State University, and The University of California, San Diego. He has lived and worked in Ohio, California, Hungary, and the Netherlands, with extensive travels. David's energetic and loosely worked paintings of figures and landscapes combine layers of line drawing and multiple oil painting techniques to reveal the fluid nature of images and life.
EDUCATION
2004 MA English, Kent State University, Kent, Ohio
1993 BFA, Columbus College of Art & Design, Columbus, Ohio
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2010 University Hospitals Humphrey Gallery, Cleveland, OH
2009 The Bulkley House, Cleveland, OH
2009 Deborah Nicholl Interiors, Chagrin Falls, OH, Solo Window Installation: Horses
2007 State Department Store, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, Solo Installation: Wind Horses
2002 Moos Gallery, Western Reserve Academy, Hudson, OH
2002 Charles Rucker Gallery, San Diego, CA
2002 Children's Museum, San Diego, CA, “Making a Painting”
2001 Scripps Physical Rehabilitation Center, Encinitas, CA
2001 University of California, San Diego, CA, “Homecomings”
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2009 LeFevre Gallery, OSU Newark, OH, Group: Pilgrimage Through the Centuries
2009 Chentini Gallery, Chagrin Falls, OH
2005 The Knight Foundation, Communities Exhibition, Miami, FL, Juried
2004 artSPACE@16, Malden, MA, Small Works, Juried
2001 San Diego Art Institute, San Diego, CA, Juried
2001 Oceanside Museum of Art, Oceanside, CA, Juried
2000 Athenaeum Music & Arts Library, La Jolla, CA, Juried
SELECTED COLLECTIONS
* The John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, Miami, Florida
* University of California, San Diego, University Centers
* The Ohio State University, Newark, Ohio - Campus Art Project
* Public Art - Bus Shelter Project, El Cajon, California
* Mongolian Architects Society, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia
AWARDS AND HONORS
* 2005 Purchase Prize Award, The Knight Foundation, Communities Exhibition
* 2001 Juror’s Choice Award, San Diego Art Institute
* 1993 Cultural Arts Award, Columbus Cultural Arts Association
* 1992 George Bellows Award, Columbus Museum of Art / Columbus College of Art & Design
SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY
“The open sections [of the painting “House Under Construction”] give it a geometric
complexity, collapsing the distinction between interior and exterior, that infuses the
image with an air of mystery.” – Robert Pincus, San Diego Union Tribune, 2000
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
* Artist in Residence, The Art Therapy Studio, MetroHealth Medical Center, Cleveland, OH
* Guest Artist: Painting / Collage Workshop, Children’s Museum, San Diego, CA
* Guest Artist: Cabo Café Mural Project, Monarch High School, San Diego, CA
* Guest Artist: Painting Workshops, Scripps Physical Rehabilitation Center, Encinitas, CA
* Teacher’s Assistant: Youth Drawing Program, Columbus College of Art & Design
ARTIST’S STATEMENT
In a world full of constantly changing imagery, I believe the stillness and timelessness of painting helps artists and viewers to achieve a unique mental state by providing a single image they can return to again and again to explore their own changing ideas. For thousands of years, painting has enhanced human existence through its unique ability to engage viewers in a discussion that requires reflection, comprehension, and time to develop ideas.
In visual art, as in life, it’s really only possible to speak about our own reactions and perceptions. Painting has allowed me to develop, reevaluate, and adapt a certain set of principles to ever changing and new realities. These principles include balance, discipline, control, spontaneity, harmony, and ambiguity. Of all these, ambiguity may be the most important since it charges my work psychologically, and allows viewers to complete the work through their own personal interpretations and perceptions.
My paintings focus on the momentary aspect of life and the natural world, and how the mind experiences this constant transition through visual perception. My latest work shows the process of taking apart and simplifying human forms and landscapes, then rebuilding them and leaving traces of their reconstruction in order to understand our perceptions of reality. Energetic and loosely painted, these paintings of figures and landscapes combine layers of line drawing and multiple oil painting techniques to reveal the fluid nature of images and life.
While I have chosen a centuries-old medium to explore these ideas, I also draw upon new technology through use of digital images as a tool of perception. Blurred, pixilated images show that what is perceived to be still in the natural world is actually full of movement. I often use these types of images or drawings as reference points to present the movement of light, color, energy, and form while still providing viewers the stillness necessary to reflect on their own ideas over time.
My goal as a painter is to rigorously explore these concepts and my studio practice by engaging in a dialogue with society through time. I continually seek opportunities to share and complete my work through exhibition and teaching.
