Dave is a longtime resident of Andover. He paints in the tradition of the Boston School of landscape painters of the late 1800’s and early 1900’s. Although Dave came from an artistic family, he pursued a career as a financial advisor. Nonetheless, he continued to sketch and paint. In 2008, he made the decision to transition from a successful career as a financial advisor to a career as a full-time painter. He studied studio painting at the New Hampshire Institute of Art in Manchester, NH. He studied with Stapleton Kearns and David Curtis in workshops and with Thomas R Dunlay in workshops and privately at the Thomas R Dunlay Teaching Studios.
- Selected as Artist-In-Residence at the Whistler House Museum of Art in 2015, 2016
- Juried artist member of the North Shore Arts Association in Gloucester, MA, 2016
- Accepted into the Copley Society of Art in Boston, MA, 2017
- Juried into the Rockport Art Association, 2019
- Selected artist for the 2020 and 2021 Cape Ann Plein Air Festival
- Exhibited: Massachusetts State House, Boston, MA; Bristol Art Museum, Bristol, Rhode Island; Whistler House Museum of Art, Lowell, MA; Andover Historical Society, Andover, MA; Guild of Boston Painters, Boston, MA; Copley art Society, Boston, MA; Brush Gallery, Lowell; Millbrook Gallery, Concord, NH and the North Shore Arts in Gloucester, MA, among others.
- Passion: Painting outdoors in all the different times of the year and seasons around New England
- Dave’s works are owned by individual collectors as well as institutions, such as the City of Lowell (Lowell City Hall); Enterprise Bank in Lowell, MA; Boston Partners Financial Group in Andover MA, Lowell Community Health Center, Lahey Clinic in Burlington, MA, MKtix Company and Toast Vodka in Fort Lauderdale, FL, among others.
- Dave maintains a north light studio at the Western Ave Studios in Lowell, MA, #512.
For inquiries contact Dave at drinonstudio@gmail.com and to sign up for his one page quarterly newsletter visit his website at www.drinonstudio.com.
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