David Schumann

“Sometimes we can be homesick for whole chapters all lived and gone but not finished, apparently not done. “ Diane Hanna

I live for connection. Being attached to people, places, and history is what grounds my work. I use my work as a vehicle to understanding those relationships. Whether it is abstract or reality driven, I begin by rambling through the images in my mind that tell me a story.

I have created a series of images based mostly on photographs my grandmother took in the very early 1900’s. I am blending her images with colors and patterns from my own childhood, and coming up with a kind of historical mash up. I become obsessed with the themes that emerge, but that helps drive me deeper in the connections I am trying to make.

I like many different media. Each has a language that I feel speaks to my subject I am working on. Sometimes they are akin, sometimes they are at odds. That rapport is always part of the story. Color, texture, and pattern each have their voices, and each becomes part of the conversation

I have recently been enjoying more Plein Air painting. I enjoy the outdoors and abstracting compositions from nature.

Portland School of art undergraduate program 1976 - 1978
Lyme Academy College of Fine Art Painting Program 2008 - 2012
David Dewey Master Watercolor Workshops Summer 2010,2011,2012
Suzanne Siegal Watercolor Workshops 2009, 2010,2011,2012
Lenny Moskowitz Plein Air Painting workshop 2014,2015*,2016* (* co-teacher)

The Studio New Hope May 3rd - May 31st 2014