David Cerne

Character is like a tree and reputation like a shadow. The shadow is what we think of it; the tree is the real thing.
Abraham Lincoln
A painting hanging on the wall only tells half of the story. It's a summation of all its parts and ingredients. In my own art I strive to find a parallel between the natural landscape, and a mental image which I interject to give the work a sense of my own perspective and emotion. This is also created, and varies depending on what types and colors of paints, brushes, pens and pencils I am using at any given time, as well as the type of surfaces I use. All of these work to build and develop a complex storyline.

MFA Painting: Western CT. State University-Danbury, CT.


BFA Painting: Kansas City Art Institute, Kansas City, MO

Also:
Chautauqua School of Art, Chautauqua, NY                    
Indiana University, Bloomington, IN

David pursued and obtained a bachelors in painting at the Kansas

City Art Institute. He was a student for one year Indiana University’s

graduate school and received his master’s degree at Western

Connecticut State University.

In 2003, David exhibited a large solo show of his paintings at the

Lynn Foundation Gallery in Kansas City, MO. While exhibiting in

numerous group shows, the painter already has had two museums

acquire his art works. Individuals from throughout the country own

his paintings in their private art collections.