About the &Artists (Part I)

David

I recently had to write an "About the Illustrator" for a book that's just been published. This is how it went:

"David started his career as a child, drawing for hours on end while lying on the living room floor. He has risen in the world, however, and now draws for hours on end while sitting at an office desk.

"After receiving his B.A. in Visual Arts with an emphasis in Graphic Design, David became the Creative Director of a small educational publishing company and began doing additional freelance graphic design work for the fun of it. In his spare time, he leaves his home on the East Coast to go on unexpected excursions and voyages with his wife."

Although I make my career as a commercial sellout, I have, over the past year been increasingly interested in the fine arts and graphic novels. I'm fascinated with communication as a whole ... not only what people communicate, but why and how.

I've been a little creeped out to discover that some of the movies that are made to be stupid actually give me pause for thought. Maybe you'll see articles on Enchanted and 10,000 B.C. down the line on this blog, and how they've influenced my thinking on Happily-Ever-Afterism and biblical masculinity. But you may also hear me talk about Dostoevsky, Dante, and Vermeer, so you never know.

I'm doing this blog because I believe that art, especially visual art, can powerfully communicate truth about God, sin, eternity, and humanity. I'm also the driving force behind the many ampersands you'll see on this blog, because I'm a typography nerd.

But enough about me ... trust me, you'll hear plenty about my tastes, opinions, pursuits, and idiosyncrasies down the road. +David