![]() On my recent visit to California,just last week, I got to hang out with my good friend and amazing artist Stephen Workman, and we went to a few galleries in town to see what the current San Francisco art scene is up to. As we went about our business we walked past one of the schools of art, which was having an exhibition on landscape paintings from one of their program's faculty. The artist is a self-proclaimed landscape artist, so she basically ONLY paints landscapes. Which brought us to talking about how we felt about landscape painting.
The Salt Lake City Temple paintings I have do remind me of good times and great people from there. I had really great friends and despite it being a much slower pace than what I enjoy now, living in NYC, it was a great lifestyle for the time I was living. A lot of people ask me if I'm mormon because of having lived there and seeing that I have those paintings, and I'm not, but most my friends there were, and they are all great. The temple is beautiful and it does bring nice memories. Same goes for the painting below. Miami is one of my favorite places to visit, I love the city, the weather, the vibe, but most of all, I mostly visit it with my family, so its a place full of memories with them. One thing i never considered when painting it though, was that I could do the same service for other people, such as the person who wound up buying this piece from me. I know he likes Miami a lot, and he visits quite often, and as he said (and i'm paraphrasing) "now I have the Miami views that I wanted". So to think that every time he sees the painting in his home, would make the connection for him with the place that he loves so much, gives me a great deal of satisfaction. So maybe there is more to painting landscapes, and we can all see them for more than what they seem to be ;)
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zack
11/14/2014 08:24:37 am
Dave you know I have always enjoyed all of your art. The reasons I don't find landscapes lame is because each artist see them differently. There is nothing lame about adding your own perspective on something that may not only inspire you but millions. Most of all your blog almost brought me to tears because I am so thankful I had a chance to meet you and become friends! I wonder what kind of a portrait you would paint that would define our long talks as you sold slippers or as we watched the world pass by from my sisters and most of all a painting that somehow defined one of the single greatest aspects of being human, our ability to love and connect with each other!
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