David Kammerzell Works
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Denver, CO
In Greek, the word Nostalgia literally means "the pain from an old wound".
My work does have that bittersweet nostalgic feeling. That sense of nostalgia comes from my love and admiration of bygone commercial art and illustrations from the early 1900's through the 1950's. In that world commercial artists worked inventively and tirelessly to get your attention. They enhanced, exaggerated, simplified and whatever else they could to produce a compelling, dramatic image. By taking a page from that playbook I work with historic, vintage photos of cowboys and cowgirls and then put them through the same process of the commercial artist to glorify and glamorize the images. I want to Hollywoodize American cowboys. It's not a literal representation of the West I seek but rather an idealized vision, a state of mind - a memory of a distant dream.
Education:
Arizona State University, Tempe AZ, Fine Arts
Metropolitan State College, Denver CO Fine Arts
Awards and Honors:
Cherry Creek Arts Festival – Merit Award
Lone Tree Arts Center 15th Annual Art Expo – Best Of Show, Best Painting
Selected Publications:
Western Art & Architecture December 2020/ January 2021
Shoutout Colorado March 2021
Southwest Art August 2020 Cover Artist
Western Art Collector July 2019
Southwest Art July 2018
Western Art Collector April 2018
Selected Exhibitions:
Coors Western Art Show, Denver CO
2019, 2020, 2021, 2022
Giacobbe Fritz Fine Arts, Santa Fe NM
Two Man Show 2019
One Man Show 2018
Representation:
Giacobbe Fritz Fine Arts
702 Canyon Road
Santa Fe, NM 87501
Lovetts Gallery
6528 E. 51st St.
Tulsa, OK 74145