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.
David W. Mayer Has Sold Out Showing at the
New "The Russell" Sale to Benefit the C.M. Russell Museum and the
Original C.M. Russell Art Auction Sponsored by the Great Falls Ad Club.
David's landscape oil paintings "The Big Horn Mountains, Early Spring" and "Late Summer on the Firehole River" sold at auction at the March 18-20, 2010 "The Russell" Museum Sale in Great Falls, MT.
"Autumn at String Lake" and "Spring Runoff" sold at auction at the the March 17-20, 2010 C.M. Russell
Art Auction in Great Falls, MT
COLLECTOR'S NOTE: Please see the 2010 C.M. Russell webpage to view all four
of David's paintings that will be available at both shows in Great Falls, MT on March 17-20, 2010.
See the feature article on David's plein air and studio landscape oil paintings
in the June, 2009 issue of Southwest Art magazine
Southwest Art Magazine, June 2009
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Please CLICK HERE to download a complete PDF of the June, 2009 Southwest Art magazine 6-page feature article
on David's landscape oil paintings. (17MB High Resolution file)
David's Shows, Awards and Recognition
2010 Shows, Awards and Recognition (to date)
Selected for the 2010 C.M. Russell Museum "Masters in Miniature" Show, September 11, 2010, Great Falls, MT.
Nationally juried artist for the 7th Annual Telluride Plein Air show and sale, June 28-July 4, 2010, Telluride, CO.
Selected artist for the NEW 2010 "The Russell" Museum Art Show, March 18-20, 2010, Great Falls, MT.
Selected for the March 19, 2010 "Art in Action" live painting event at "The Russell" art sale, Great Falls, MT.
Selected artist for the orginal Ad Club C.M. Russell Art Auction, March 17-20, 2010, Great Falls, MT.
Selected for the Greeley Stampede 11th Annual Invitational Art Exhibit & Sale, June 25-July 4, 2010, Greeley, CO
Selected for the 2010 American Miniatures Show, Settlers West Gallery, Tucson, Arizona
Selected artist for the 2010 Evergreen Plein Air, Evergreen, Colorado
Invited to teach "Enchanted Landscapes" Workshop at 2010 Masterworks of New Mexico in Albuquerque, NM
2009 Shows, Awards and Recognition
Yellowstone Painting “Late Summer on the Firehole River” Selected for the 2009 Paint the Parks Second 100
Selected for OPA Western Regional Juried Exhibition at Howard/Mandville Gallery in Kirkland, Washington
2009 Workshop Faculty at Evergreen Fine Art Academy along with Scott Christensen, Kim English and Others
Feature Article in June, 2009 "Plein Air" Issue of Southwest Art Magazine
Summer Roundup Art Show at Big Horn Gallery, Cody, Wyoming
Invited to Participate in the Gilcrease Museum's American Art in Miniature Show, Tulsa, Oklahoma
Sold Out Show during April, 2009 at the Arts at Denver Gallery Grand Opening, Denver, Colorado
Selected and Sold at American Miniatures Show, Settlers West Gallery, Tucson, Arizona
2008 Shows, Awards and Recognition
Represented in Wyoming at Big Horn Gallery, Cody, Wyoming
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
"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" from awards judge Quang Ho at the
16th Annual National Exhibition
of the Oil Painters of America (OPA) held at
Whistle Pik Galleries in Fredericksburg, Texas held during May, 2007.
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Other Shows, Awards and Recognition
Received "Award of Excellence" at 2007 16th National Oil Painters of America (OPA) Show at Whistle Pik Galleries
Selected for International Exhibition of the Society of Master Impressionists in Amarillo, Texas
Selected artist for Annual Labor Day Richard Schmid Fine Art Auctions
Invited to Phippen Museum Western Art Show & Sale, Prescott, AZ
Selected for "Landscapes of Colorado" Fine Art Book
One Person Show, Piñon Fine Art, Littleton, Colorado
American Miniatures Shows, Settlers West Gallery, Tucson, Arizona
Peppertree Art Show, Santa Ynez, California
Colorado Mountain Club Landscape Show, Golden, Colorado
Rocky Mountain Plein Air Painters (RMPAP) Paint Out and Show, Jackson, Wyoming
One Person Show, High Country Water, Piñon Fine Art Gallery, Denver, Colorado
Collector's Choice Award, 3rd Annual Rocky Mountain Plein Air Painters (RMPAP) Show
Alla Prima International Show, Taos, New Mexico
Scottsdale Artist's School's Best and Brightest Show, Scottsdale, Arizona
Artistic Award of Merit, Salon International Art Show, Greenhouse Gallery, San Antonio, Texas
Annual Colorado Governor's Invitational Art Show, Loveland, Colorado
National Oil Painters of America (OPA) Shows
West/Southwest/Mountain Region Oil Painters of America (OPA) Shows
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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