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About David begins
here
I grew up in sea coast Marblehead
Mass. I never studied art formally, just a few drawing classes
back in grade school. I never
had any experience with wood working except in shop class back
in Jr High. I made a pair of book ends.
I started wood carving as a lark.
Back when I first met my wife in the mid 70's, the artist Nancy
Cooper, I saw that she had a used exacto knife set, probably
for wood cuts, that was not being used, so I indulged my curiosity
with a few simple wood bas-reliefs.
a print of the early carving
I continued to carve for amusement
when we lived in Collinsville, CT for a few years. I did a few
carved wooden signs. One for the Collinsville Library. The head
librarian, Peg Perry, encouraged me with a commission for the
new library sign, which hung over the main entrance.
Peg Perry, the libraian on the
scaffold with David hanging
the sign.
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"David with
attentive computer student"
continues here
After moving to Maine,
my wife Nancy and I opened
a gallery in the Kennebunks
where I displayed and sold
bas-relief carving for twenty
some years along side
Nancy's art work.
I built our house and Nancy's
studio and planted
the gardens surrounding them.
click here to see David's Gardens
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More About David
My main inspiration for carvings
were from the gardens I created around the gallery and at our
house that I built.
Botanical Bas-Reliefs,
as I thought of them.
Mostly hardwood, birch, cherry
and walnut. Occasionally pine, poplar
and cottonwood. A few large
carvings, but mostly medium
small ones.
I also did a few detail carvings on signs and furniture and cases.
The last carvings were done in
the mid-late 90's around the time we closed our retail gallery
in Kennebunkport.
click here to see carvings
Nowadays, I teach people how
to
use their personal computers
in their homes.
Let me know if you'd like help.
I can help you use Apple or
PC computers, how to scan,
do e-mail, use digital cameras,
photoshop or whatever
it is you would like
to learn at your own pace
in the comfort of your home.
I am located in southern Maine
( in the Kennebunk area)
I can even help from afar via
the phone or e-mail.
dave@mainecomputertutor.com
www.mainecomputertutor.com
207 967-2568
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