David Estey
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 94 sketchbooks and over 10,300 pieces of art, had 20 solo exhibits(including a 65-Year Retrospective at Studio 53 in Boothbay Harbor, Maine in 2016), been in over 50 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 19 states and seven countries.
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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 94 sketchbooks and over 10,300 pieces of art, had 20 solo exhibits(including a 65-Year Retrospective at Studio 53 in Boothbay Harbor, Maine in 2016), been in over 50 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 19 states and seven countries.
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"Motherless Child" acrylic and graphite on panel 30" x 48" 2012
“My painting is total improvisation. I try to create extraordinary and compelling new imagery, intrinsically based on the elements and principles of good design. Sometimes figurative or other narrative references emerge and remain in my paintings, but they are subordinate to the aesthetic whole. I’m after a visual experience that is felt viscerally in the heart and soul, with or without a narrative context. Ultimately, I want to make something extraordinary that’s not been seen before, then step back and say, ‘Wow, look at that!’Then make it really count.”
~David Estey
~David Estey