David Orr Wright

I was born in Orlando, Florida in 1948 and was raised in Winter Garden, a small community just west of Orlando. My hometown has enjoyed a renaissance over the years by preserving its small-town ambiance and architecture. It's a genuine Florida jewel, retaining every bit of the original charm of its citrus-growing heritage. Winter Garden has also attracted and supports a talented community of artists and restaurant entrepreneurs.

After I received an AA degree in academic studies, I graduated with a BFA degree from Ringling School of Art in Sarasota, Florida. That institution is now known as Ringling College of Art, and it's still renown for its classic approach to drawing and art education. The significance of historical movements and their contributions to our understanding of art remain an important part of their curriculum. Today, Ringling College of Art also offers courses in both Computer Illustration and Digital Animation.

Since graduating from art school, I've enjoyed many art-related jobs over the years, which included: Portrait Artist, Copywriter, as well as an intaglio Plate-maker and Pressman for the New York artist/printmaker, Barbara Neustadt. Our last major project involved a limited edition, hand-made artist's book with signed and numbered etchings illustrating the poet Joseph Langland's "A Dream of Love".

The few exhibits in which my work was included occurred most often through invitation, mainly because of its so-called "indescribable" nature as some critics proclaim. And those opportunities arose only because the other exhibiting artists (or the collectors involved in the exhibits) recognized the authenticity of my artistic efforts.

See more of my work at: https://www.davidorrwright.org/index.html

A List of Rare Appearances:

Arthouse 429, West Palm Beach.

Winter Garden Art Association, Winter Garden.

Excentricities, West Palm Beach.

Cornell Museum of Art & American Culture, Delray Beach.

Vero Beach Art Club, Vero Beach.

Gallery One, West Palm Beach & Lake Park.

Selby Gallery, Ringling School of Art, Sarasota.

Pleiades Press & Gallery, Bradenton.

Manatee Art League, Bradenton.

Artist's Loft Gallery, Bradenton.

Cornell Arts Center, Rollins College, Winter Park.

Elliot Gallery, Eckerd College, Tampa.

Palm Beach Atlantic College, West Palm Beach.

Anna Maria Island Public Library. Holmes Beach.