Archived News
**Artist's
Magazine 23rd annual competition selected three of David's pieces for the Top
50, two in Landscape and one in Still Life.
** The Arts for the Parks 20th Annual Competition
once again selected David's pieces for the Top 100, the Top Mini 100 and the 2nd
100. ** Colin Fry wrote a piece, Starting
a Critique Group, for October issue of American Artist. It is about the
Albuquerque Wetbrush Critique Group, of which David is a member.
** April: David was awarded Second Place in
Watercolor in New Mexico Master Works show, judged by nationally recognized
artist Steve Hanks. David also conducted a demonstration for the Masterworks
show during the April show.
**In May David’s article “How to Paint Water” appeared in
Artist’s
Magazine and is being reprinted in their January issue of Art Basics
magazine in a collection of the “most popular” articles.
Also in May David had a one man show at
Concetta D Gallery in Albuquerque, NM.
**The June issue of Watercolor Magic featured an article on David by Beverly
Leesman titled Grand Illusions. It shows his Arts For the Parks
Paintings and some of his other pieces as well. He also provided the Picture
This Guest Essay in this issue of Watercolor Magic.
David also conducted a demonstration for the New Mexico Watercolor Society
in June.
**In July David received notice that one of his paintings was selected by
Artist’s Magazine as a finalist in their 22nd Annual Artist’s Magazine’s
Art Competition in the landscape category: Sunrise Near Buoy 83. Over
13,000 entries were submitted and Finalists are the top 50 in each category.
The painting was also selected by Artist’s Magazine as the cover of their
2006 calendar.
**Four (4) of David’s paintings have been selected by the Arts for the Parks
for their 2005 show: Three of them in the min 100 and one in the top 100. He
also has a painting the 2nd 100 show During the Arts For The Parks Show. The Top 100 piece, Morning Near Hole In The Rock, was selected as the
Founders Favorite Award. This award is selected by the founders of
the Arts for the Parks as their choice of the “best of show.”
He also has a painting the 2nd 100 show
During the Arts For The Parks Show. David will be in Jackson Hole fore the
awards banquet on September 17th.
Visit him at his gallery in Jackson Hole, The
Wilcox Gallery, on the 17th, where demonstrations will be held from 1:00 to
5:00 PM.
February 2004: Juried the signature
show of the New Mexico Watercolor Society.
April 2004: Awarded First Place in
Watercolor in New Mexico Master Works show, judged by nationally recognized
artist Morris Rippel. David also held
a demonstration at the Master Works show.
July 2004: Two of David’s paintings
were selected by Artist Magazine as finalists; in their 21st Annual Artist’s
Magazine’s Art Competition: Slick Rock Dawn in Landscape and Blue Robe in
Portrait & Figure. Over 13,000 entries were submitted and Finalists are the
top 50 in each category. During July
David also had a one man show and reception at his gallery in Durango, CO,
Termar Trends. September 2004:
David won the Landscape Award of Merit Bronze Medal at the Arts for the
Parks competition at Jackson, WY. Arts for the Parks is an International
Painting Competition to protect and celebrate the country’s national parks.
David’s award was for Wake South of Dangling Rope. In addition, David had
another painting, Hidden Passage Morning in the Top 100 (his 14th and 15th
paintings respectively in this show) and Main Channel Sunset in the Mini
100.
During the weekend at Jackson, WY, David
participated at a group demonstration at the Wilcox Gallery where he shows
in Wyoming. David also received 2nd
place at the New Mexico State Fair in September.
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