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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.


    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.