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A student of fine art, Dave has won numerous awards while showing in various invitational shows throughout the 1960’s and 70’s. In 1975, he and his wife Jean moved to Arizona. He received his first invitation to the National Cowboy Hall of Fame show....where he won the prestigious Silver Medal for his watercolor, “Story Teller.”
In 1985 David was inducted into the CAA and the same year was notified his painting “Chippawa Hunter” was the purchase award to the Buffalo Bill Historical Museum in Cody, Wyoming. The year 1989 marked his first place award for Region 11 in the “Arts for the Parks” competition. David was honored in 1990 with the Western Heritage Award given by Favell Museum of Kalamath Falls, Oregon, for excellence in portraying the West, past and present, in watercolors. His painting, “Heading Out” appears in The West, A Treasure of Art and Literature by Watkins & Watkins. In 1995 David was contacted by National Geographic to help complete a film project for children. His paintings were used to depict the life of mountain men.
The year 1985 was a most exciting one for Dave. That was the year he became a member of the long successful Cowboy Artists of America. Over the past fifteen years, he has won the CAA coveted Gold Medal for watercolor five times, and has received the Silver Medal five times. |
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Mixed Hopi Dance
watercolor, 14" x 21"
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