David Haley

Haley is a self-taught, award-winning artist. He developed an interest in painting when his mother gave him a "Paint by Numbers" painting set as a child. He has worked in healthcare all of his life and presently is retired and lives in Parkland, Florida. His last position was Chief Operating Officer at the largest hospice in Indiana. This end-of-life work has contributed to his forming a unique outlook on life and how he views the world, which has undoubtedly influenced his artistic creations. His art style has wide appeal and ranges from abstract to realism. His paintings are found hanging in many private collections across the United States. He has won a number of national and international juried art competitions.

His painting “After The Storm” won First Place in the 2024 Art Collectors Choice Awards conducted by American Art Awards. The competition named him in the “WORLD’S BEST ART BRUT/TORMENT ARTISTS”. 62 countries competed and entries were scored by 20 international art collectors. David Haley was also named in the “BEST ARTISTS OF 2024” by the Art Collectors Choice Awards.

“After The Storm” also won Second Place in the 2024 World Art Awards where David Haley was named as one of the “WORLD’S BEST ACRYLIC PAINTERS”. Thi...

Graduate degree in healthcare administration from UCLA.

Haley has exhibited at the Rasmussen Art Gallery in Schaumburg, Illinois, at the South Bend Museum of Art Warner Gallery in Indiana, at the Heartland Artists Gallery in Plymouth, Indiana as part of their Annual Juried Regional Art Exhibit, and at the National Naval Medical Center (renamed Walter Reed) in Bethesda, Maryland. The latter is where the U.S. president and domestic and international political and military dignitaries go for healthcare. He was selected to exhibit his work at the Artfields 2022 Art exhibition in Lake City, South Carolina. He also was invited as featured artist to do a solo artist exhibition at the Parkland Florida Library in September 2022 and November 2023.