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As a teenager driving home from downtown St. Louis I let the web of the city’s lights free my imagination. So many stories lived behind so many lights. So much electricity spread modernity through the night. The experience was memorable … Continued
The dazzling spectacle of translucent water revealing two different palettes within the same visual field always seduces my eye. The palette below the water is more subdued, often occluded by surface motion, shadows, reflections and floating material. The palette of … Continued
Landscape artists of the 17th century fell under the spell of the mysteries offered through directed sunlight and shadow. The painting surface became a platform for theatrical stage lighting. It would influence later stage sets and their illumination just as … Continued
I am often asked similar questions about my materials, techniques, tools and processes. Here are answers to a few of the more popular questions. Question: What Surface do you usually use for oil painting and why? David: In most of … Continued
Ships and Harbors promise the mystery of travel; the journey begins and ends with arrivals and departures. Harbors are transient world. Peril, business and adventure cohabit on board. We have pictured harbors and ships since antiquity. By the early Renaissance … Continued
Hudson River Painters of the mid 1800s, like Sanford Gifford explained their work as poetic responses to the American landscape, not factual transcriptions. While artists like Sanford traveled far exploring both American and Italian landscape motifs they often found adventure … Continued