DAVID SCHOCK FINE ART

Painting of the week--"Poppy Field with Church" 24"x18" from a painting trip to France and Spain contact dwschock@gmail.com for more info

Artists Biography

David Schock was born in Boston, Massachusetts in 1962. He holds a degree in Fine Arts from the University of Massachusetts, studied at the Exeter College of Art in England, and at the Art Students League in New York. His instructors included British painter Michael Mayer, and American portrait artists Nelson Shanks and Aaron Shikler.

David began his professional career taking commissions as a portrait painter,which he continues to this day. During painting trips to Europe his subject matter expanded into landscape and figurative painting . Success in these genres as well soon followed in shows in London, England, and Boston , Massachusetts.

He has since exhibited extensively throughout the United States, including regular exhibits in Martha's Vineyard and Nantucket, Massachusetts, and at one-man galleries in Carmel, California, and Newport, Rhode Island. The artist's original paintings are in major private or public collections in The America's, Africa, Asia, Australia and Europe.

Over twenty thousand reproductions of the artist's landscape and figurative work are in collections worldwide, and his artwork has appeared in "House Beautiful," as set pieces in films and television, and as book covers. He is an award winner in painting at the Copley Society in Boston, was recently honored as the featured artist for the Boston Pops arts fund raising concert and auction on Cape Cod, and his family portrait work won a "2009 Best of Rhode Island" award from RI Monthly Magazine.

David Schock lives in Wakefield, RI, and paints there and in a studio in Lexington, MA. Original paintings from the artist's studio can be seen at the at fine art galleries in New England and London, UK.

DAVID SCHOCK FINE ART

Monday, March 18, 2013

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