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Artist: David Kessler
Large Acrylic Photorealist Painting Nature Scene Water & Light David Kessler
By David Kessler
Located in Surfside, FL
DAVID KESSLER (American born 1950 - )
Greyed Magic #2 (Water and Light Series)
Acrylic on canvas
Hand signed and titled with artist's studio stamp on verso
60 inches x 84 inches
David T. Kessler was born in Park Ridge, New Jersey in 1950. He attended Arizona State University, where he received the award for Outstanding Graduate in Studio Art in 1972. In 1973, David was one of 12 painters accepted into the graduate program at The San Francisco Art Institute, where he received his M.F.A. in 1975. He is well known for his holographic airbrush paintings on aluminum. His paintings have been exhibited internationally since 1977, with shows in Tokyo, Strasbourg, Chicago, Los Angeles, Miami, Scottsdale, and New York. Kessler's paintings are in the permanent collections of The Strasbourg Contemporary Museum of Art, The Brooklyn Museum, The Minnesota Museum of Art, The Museum of the Rhode Island School of Design, The Santa Barbara Museum, The Barrington Art Center, and others. Within Arizona, his work is in the collections of The Phoenix Art Museum, The Scottsdale Center for the Arts, The Tucson Museum of Art, Arizona State University Art Museum, and Northern Arizona University Art Museum.
Photorealism is a genre of art that encompasses painting, drawing and other graphic media. An American art movement that began in the late 1960s and early 1970s. Photorealism evolved from Pop Art as a counter to Abstract Expressionism as well as Minimalist art movements. Though Photorealists share some aspects of American realists, such as Edward Hopper, they tried to set themselves as much apart from traditional realists as they did Abstract Expressionists. Photorealists were much more influenced by the work of Pop artists and were reacting against Abstract Expressionism. The word Photorealism was coined by Louis K. Meisel in 1969 and appeared in print for the first time in 1970 in a Whitney Museum catalogue for the show "Twenty-two Realists." It is also sometimes labeled as Super-Realism, New Realism, Sharp Focus Realism, or Hyper-Realism.
The first generation of American Photorealists includes the painters Richard Estes, Ralph Goings, Chuck Close, Charles Bell, Audrey Flack, Don Eddy, Robert Bechtle, Ron Kleemann, Richard McLean, John Salt, John Kacere, and Robert Cottingham. Photorealism's influence and popularity continues to grow, with new books such as Juxtapoz's 2014 book entitled Hyperreal detailing current trends within the artistic genre.
Selected Museum and Public Collections:
Achenbach Foundation (San Francisco, CA)
Arizona State University Art Museum (Tempe, AZ)
Barrington Arts Center (Barrington, IL)
Brooklyn Museum of Art (Brooklyn, NY)
Davidson College (Davidson, NC)
De Anza College (Cupertino, CA)
Minnesota Museum of Art (St. Paul, MN)
Monterey Peninsula Museum of Art (Monterey, CA)
Northern Arizona University Art Museum (Flagstaff, AZ)
Phoenix Art Museum (Phoenix, AZ)
Portsmouth Community Arts Center (Portsmouth, OR)
Santa Barbara Museum of Art (Santa Barbara, CA)
Scottsdale Center for the Arts (Scottsdale, AZ)
Strasbourg Museum of Contemporary Art (Strasbourg, France)
Tucson Museum of Art (Tucson, AZ)
University of Minnesota (St. Paul, MN)
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Stricoff Fine Art, New York, NY
Dean Day Gallery, Houston, TX
Phoenix Airport Museum, Phoenix, AZ
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acrylic on brushed aluminum
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ARTIST'S STATEMENT
Creating is an addiction. With all the highs and lows you would expect.
I am interested in the surface textures and creating paintings that portray them in realistic detail. Hopefully a viewer will feel they can run a hand over the feathers and moss, or grasp an object in the painting.
This detail is usually composed in an abstract design. The design can occur naturally or be arranged by me.
The subjects of my paintings are usually based on the patterns and textures of nature and human interaction with nature. I have found subjects to paint in remote wilderness areas of the world, local parking lots, and my own backyard.
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Eastern Michigan University, Ypsilanti, MI
Bachelor of Fine Arts
Pearson Art Scholarship
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Leigh Yawkey Woodson Art Museum, Wausau, WI
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SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
"Rick Pas From moths to modern-day life." Southwest Art, January 2016
"Interpreting nature." American Art Collector, September 2015
"Abuzz About Bugs." The Artist's Magazine, July/August, 2015
The Lusitania Conspiracy, Walters Media LLC, Traverse City, MI, 2015 (cover illustrator)
"Layer Upon Layer." The Artist's Magazine, July/August, 2011
"Rick Pas: Touchable Texture." Acrylicartist, Fall, 2010
"Competition Spotlight." The Artist's Magazine, April, 2009
"Holland show features art inspired by nature." The Grand Rapids Press, July 27, 2008
"Don't Miss 'Natural Eye' exhibit at HAAC." The Holland Sentinel, June 12, 2008
"Softening the definition of landscapes." American Art Collector, May 2008
"Nature is in the Details." The Artist's Magazine, October, 2007
"Nature's Surfaces and Textures." Whisper in the Woods, Summer, 2007
"Arizona Best of the West-Animal Art." Southwest Art, May 2007
"Cover Competition Finalists." American Artist Watercolor, Spring, 2007
Pintores de la Naturleza, SEO/Birdlife, Madrid, 1997 (illustrator)
"A Dark, Dark Day Indeed." Audubon, March, 1988 (illustrator)
"Wildlife Artist of the Year." Michigan Out of Doors, December 1987 (article & cover illustrator)
"Music in the Men's Room." Audubon, July, 1985 (illustrator)
"Bird Art Takes Wing at Wausau." Milwaukee Journal, September 11, 1983
"Wildlife Artist of the Year." Michigan Out of Doors, December 1982 (article & cover illustrator)
AWARDS
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Art Renewal Center Salon 2014-2015, Third Place - Animal category
The Artist's Magazine Art Competition Finalist, 2006-2010, 2014
Art Renewal Center Salon 2012-2013, Honorable Mention - Animal category
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Society of Animal Artists Award of Excellence 2010
Art Renewal Center Salon 2009-2010, Second Place - Animal category
American Artist Cover Competition Finalist, 2007
Fraser Gallery, Georgetown International Honorable Mention, 2003
Arts for the Parks Region III Award, 1992
Indiana Migratory Bird Stamp Design, 1985
Michigan United Conservation Clubs' Wildlife Artist of the Year, 1982,1987
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