David E. Garrison, PSA
Pastel - Oil - Mural
Born in Jacksonville, Illinois but has lived in many
areas such as California, Colorado, the Southwest and Chicago, Illinois. Now
resides in Burlington, Iowa.
Artist
statement :
"I
believe that a painting is not just an illusion in two dimensions, but it is
also a moment in life, captured on canvas. Painting is a language varying in
mood and atmosphere that reflects the diversities of life itself. I
enjoy the challenges of various subject matters, so my approach to the painting
process is to involve the viewer with those subjects as much as possible; not
only through those choices, but also through how I elect to portray those
subjects. Allowing the viewer to interpret and finish parts of the painting is
more interesting than if the painting is totally spelled out for them. I want
the viewer to see the use of the medium, the end of the brush stroke, the
spontaneity, the freshness of a new painting. If I can give the viewer an
impression of the atmosphere, a sense of light and deep shadows, if I can just
open their eyes to the simple beauty around us, then I have accomplished a great
deal!"
Professional
Organizations and Activities
 | Pastel
Society of America, Signature member; PSA New York City, New York |
| Member
of National Society of Mural Painters, American Artist Prof. League, New
York, NY and Hudson Valley Art Association, White Plains, New York |
| Listed
in Who's Who in American Art since 1986 |
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Commissioned
to paint one 3,5' x 12' mural for Holiday Inn and Suites, Beaver Falls, PA |
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Commissioned
to point one 12'x 18 ' mural for Marriott Hotel ai Middletown, NY 2003 |
| Commissioned
to point one 6'x 20' mural for Holiday Inn Holidome of Frederick, MD 1998 |
| Commissioned
to paint two 6'x 20' murals for the Marriott Hotel, West Des Moines, IA 1997 |
| Commissioned
to paint one
3,5' x
12' mural.for
Holiday Inn Suites, Charlotte, NC 1997 |
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Commissioned
to paint an
outdoor 40'x 70' State of Iowa Sesquicentennial Mural in Ft.
Madison, IA 1996.
Governor Terry Branstad gave the keynote address for the mural's unveiling. |
| Commissioned to paint
the Iowa Welcome Center Mural, at the Port of Burlington Welcome Center,
in Burlington, Iowa 1988. (it's durability confirmed when it withstood the
flood of 1993 with no damage whatsoever.) |
| Commissioned
to paint one 7,5' x 21 ' mural for Hampton Inn and Suites, Baltimore, MD |
| Awarded
fourth place at the 2005 Salon International du Pastel, Vernon, France |
| 20eme
Salon Artistique' award in silver, Marcilly Sur Eure, 2004 |
| Exhibited
with 19 'eme Salon De Peinture, Bueil, France; awarded Lead Crystal award
for `Excellence in Art'- October, 2003 |
| Exhibited
with Art du Pastel En France at Centre Phillippe, Vernon, France, August,
2003 |
| Exhibited
at the Butler Institute of American Art, Youngstown, Ohio, 2003 |
| One
of 15 pastel artists chosen from the United States to send pastels to tour
Italy in fall of 2002 with the tour, then going on to St. Petersburg, Russia,
winter, 2003 |
| One
of 15 pastel artists chosen from the United States for a traveling exhibit
with the PastelSociety
of America and Art du Pastel En Normandie in France at Yvetot and Vernon,
2002 |
| Received
special award at the American Artist Professional League Exhibit, Salmagundi
Club, Fifth Ave. New York City |
| Exhibitions
at the Hudson Valley Art Association, White Plains, New York |
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Oil
Painters of America exhibits in Chicago, Illinois and San Antonio, Texas.
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