David Ashenbrener

Having a great aptitude for visual arts in elementary school I felt I could further expand my talents.
Seeking an Art Major I attended the University of Wisconsin where I learned multiple disciplines and developed an appreciation to all forms of art including architecture. I later exercised that passion and turned it into my architectural design and materials supply company; Architectural Masters LLC. in Naples Florida circa 1990-2015.

My designs now adorn Naples Florida in the Mediterranean style the area is so famous for. My real strengths lie in the ability to experiment with the new mediums and techniques utilizing high end 3-D software to interpret my designs and the latest CAD-CAM software and techniques necessary to create anything to a high degree of accuracy without size restrictions. This was a study in modern materials combined with up to date technology, recreating the past, with the hands and eye of a classical artist...

Over the decades I've enjoyed working with many materials, however one of my most recent milestones has been discovering aluminum sheet metal as a medium. I was very young when I starting to work with sheet metal alongside my father who owned a sheet metal shop and my grandfather who w...

University of Wisconsin, Stevens Point, Art
ASSOCIATIONS AND MEMBERSHIPS:

Naples Art Association
Mount Dora Center for the Arts
Florida Association of Public Art Professionals
Americans for the Arts
Publications:
Ebella Magazine
Naples Dailey News
Gulfshore Life Magazine
FPAP Newslette

COLLABORATIVE WORK, PROJECTS AND RELATIONSHIPS:

Turtles on the Town
Collier Freedom Memorial
Community Foundation of Collier County
The Conservancy of Southwest Florida
United Arts Council of Collier County
Imaginarium History and Science Center
University of South Florida
FSU Master Craftsman Program
Indiana University
University of Maryland
Salem State University
First Baptist Church of Naples
Catalyst Exhibits JFT Design Group
Thomas Riley Artisans' Guild