Collection: Power, David

David's artistic career began after taking a couple of weekend workshops with Bob Morouney and evening classes at NSCAD with Maria Doering. From these master printmakers David discovered how fascinating printmaking is. In the summer of 2017, he was able to participate in a summer workshop at Crown Point Press in San Francisco. Working with the copper plates and the mechanics of the press interested him as much as the actual art work.

David is a member of Printmakers Nova Scotia and Visual Arts Nova Scotia. He has shown in group showings with NSP and participated in their print exchange, A Sense of Belonging. He has had a solo show and participated in a few international print exchanges. David finds printmaking and all that goes with it interesting and rewarding.

ARTIST STATEMENT

Growing up in an artist family and having a mother who graduated from NSCAD and taught there in the 30’s, I was exposed to art my entire life but never took much of an interest. I dabbled in watercolors and oils for a short time and then one day took a serious look at a collection I had of my mother’s prints and copper plates from her early career. Being a Marine Coppersmith and being familiar with copper it all started to come together. I tried dry point and etching on my own and soon realized that to be serious with this I would need a press. I was able to design and construct one and turn my old basement rec room into a studio but would need some training to learn the proper techniques.