The fine art of David W. Mayer captures the beauty and color of Colorado and West, from the high plains to
the Rocky Mountains and from the Pacific Coast to the desert Southwest.
David's paintings let you experience first-hand the warm light of a prairie morning, the soft, cool colors
of blue-shadowed snow, and the brilliant gold of a high country late Autumn day.
 David W. Mayer is a member of the Oil Painters of America (OPA), as well as
the American Impressionist Society (AIS), the Rocky Mountain Plein Air Painters (RMPAP), and the Colorado Plein Air Painters (CPAP) and is an avid “plein air” painter with an emphasis on portraying the beauty of Colorado and the Rocky Mountain West as well as the Southwest, California and the West Coast.
He has studied with Scott Christensen, T. Allen Lawson, Kevin MacPherson, Ted Goerschner, and David Leffel as well as through the writings and works of Richard Schmid, Edgar Payne, Joaquin Sorolla and the California Impressionists. While he was an award winning watercolorist who studied with Tony Couch, David has concentrated exclusively on Oil painting for the past ten years. David was also an Art Director and Creative Director in print, web, interactive media and marketing communications prior to painting full time as a professional landscape artist.
Shows, Awards and Recognition
2008 Shows, Awards and Recognition (to date)
Now Represented in Wyoming at Big Horn Gallery, Cody, Wyoming
Invited to 2009 American Miniatures Show, Settlers West Gallery, Tucson, Arizona
Selected as Guest Artist for Peterson-Cody Gallery Spring Art Show, Santa Fe, New Mexico
Three Person Show at Piñon Fine Art, Littleton, Colorado
Selected as Guest Artist for Galerie Gabrie Spring Art Show, Pasadena, California
Featured artist for 13th Annual Labor Day Richard Schmid Fine Art Auction, Rist Canyon, Colorado
Selected Artist for Sixteenth Annual 2008 Governor's Invitational Art Show
"Nomadas Del Arte" Plein Air Invitational, March 1st - 31st, 2008, Sage Creek Gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico
2007 Shows, Awards and Recognition
Received "Award of Excellence" at 16th National Oil Painters of America (OPA) Show at Whistle Pik Galleries
Selected for 2007 International Exhibition of the Society of Master Impressionists in Amarillo, Texas
Featured artist for 12th Annual Labor Day Richard Schmid Fine Art Auction, Rist Canyon, Colorado
Invited to 33rd Annual Phippen Museum Western Art Show & Sale, Prescott, AZ
Selected for 16th National Oil Painters of America (OPA) Show at Whistle Pik Galleries in Fredericksburg, Texas
"First Light at Cottonwood Pass"
"First Light on Cottonwood Pass", Oil on Linen, 24x24
"First Light at Cottonwood Pass" Receives "Award of Excellence"
at 2007 OPA National Show
David W. Mayer's painting "First Light at Cottonwood Pass" (above) received an
"Award of Excellence" at the
16th Annual National Exhibition of the Oil Painters of America (OPA)
at Whistle Pik Galleries in Fredericksburg, Texas held during May, 2007.
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2006 Shows, Awards and Recognition
Selected for "Landscapes of Colorado" Fine Art Book
One Person Show, Piñon Fine Art, Littleton, Colorado
Invited to Submit Work for 2007 CM Russel Art Auction, Great Falls, Montana
11th Annual Labor Day Richard Schmid Fine Art Auction, Rist Canyon, Colorado
National Oil Painters of America (OPA) Show, Missoula, Montana
American Miniatures Show, Settlers West Gallery, Tucson, Arizona
Other Shows, Awards and Recognition
2005 American Miniatures Show, Settlers West Gallery, Tucson, Arizona\
2005 Peppertree Art Show, Santa Ynez, California
2005 4th Annual Colorado Mountain Club Landscape Show, Golden, Colorado
2005 Rocky Mountain Plein Air Painters (RMPAP) Paint Out and Show, Jackson, Wyoming
2004 One Person Show, High Country Water, Piñon Fine Art Gallery, Denver, Colorado
2004 Collector's Choice Award, 3rd Annual Rocky Mountain Plein Air Painters (RMPAP) Show
2004 Alla Prima International Show, Taos, New Mexico
2004 Scottsdale Artist's School's Best and Brightest Show, Scottsdale, Arizona
2004 Artistic Award of Merit, Salon International Art Show, Greenhouse Gallery, San Antonio, Texas
2003 and 2004 Annual Colorado Governor's Invitational Art Show, Loveland, Colorado
2003/2004 National Oil Painters of America (OPA) Show
2003 West/Southwest/Mountain Region Oil Painters of America (OPA) Show, Santa Barbara, California
2003 Collector's Choice Award, 2nd annual Rocky Mountain Plein Air Painters (RMPAP) Show
Featured in 2003 and 2004 Southwest Art Magazine
Collections
David's oil paintings are held in prestigious private collections in Jackson, Wyoming; Aspen, Colorado; Hilton Head, South Carolina; Valley Forge, Pennsylvania as well as Alaska, Arizona, Texas, New Mexico and elsewhere throughout the United States and Europe. His work is also in the permanent corporate collections of the Pueblo Bank and Trust in Colorado and the SAS Institute in North Carolina. He has donated paintings for selected charity fundraisers, including charities that provide medical support for the children of Tibet and Project Angel Heart in Denver.
"My thanks to Scott Christensen for helping me to see the color that's really there in nature, and
to Ted Goerschner for helping me to see the color that's missing."
David W. Mayer
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Paintings shown on this website may not be copied, duplicated, reproduced or distributed in any media or by any means without the expressed written permission of the artist.
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