Grape Leaves Painting by David Maggard

David Maggard growing up in Southern California was continually involved in the visual arts. David developed artistic disciplines at a young age, studying with local Artists: Steve Fountain and Jim Monroe. David studied Ceramics and Textiles with Dixie Olsen. While attending Mount San Antonio College he explore the human form and two dimensional design with Walter Mix and Dorothy Merk. There, Art Historians: Richard Reynard and Martha Villegas lead him to Contemporary approaches in fine art. Despite spending his childhood in the Los Angeles area, David was unaware of the Pop and Op movements taking place in his own backyard. He is still fascinated with the Southern California influence on Modern Art. David studied in Paris, France and explored Malaga, Spain in 2006 A year in which Picasso would have turned 100. One of his favorite cultural events is Nuit Blanche, the parisian "White Night". Everyone should experience this celebration of culture, til the over night exhaustion stops you. 2013 David returned to Paris. Paying a personal homage to Claude Monet at the Orangerie and in Giverney. Giverney "I got to breathe in the moist air of the living art work at Monet's Gardens." Traveling to the south of France David visited the haunts of Van Gogh, Renoir, Cezanne, and Matisse. "Color drives my personal passions." I am very fond of Mark Rothko.

• Nationality: UNITED STATES
• Date of birth : unknown date
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• Groups: Contemporary American Artists