David Estey is an improvisational painter and Maine native in Belfast, with a BFA degree in painting from Rhode Island School of Design in 1964, a MFA degree in public administration from George Washington University in 1976, extensive study at Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts in Philadelphia and a year in Rome, Italy.
In addition to a 31-year federal career in public affairs, he taught, exhibited and sold his art in the Mid-Atlantic States, North Carolina and Maine. He has produced over 100 sketchbooks, 1,000 paintings 10,000 drawings and a total of over 10,700 pieces of art. He has had 22 solo exhibits, (including a 65-Year Retrospective at Studio 53 in Boothbay Harbor, Maine, in 2016). He also has been in over 80 group and juried shows, earned 13 first-place awards, and been the subject of over 100 articles and interviews. His work is in many corporate, institutional and private collections in 20 states and seven countries.
"Combined Diptych" acrylic on paper mounted on panel 18" x 22"
"Yellow Combine" acrylic on paper mounted on panel 18" x 24"
"Untitled 031321" acrylic on paper mounted on panel 18" x 24"
"Orange Resolve" acrylic on paper mounted on panel 18" x 24"
"Structural Integrity" acrylic on paper mounted on panel 18" x 24"
