David Ralph

David Ralph, founder and owner of the imaging and conceptual company Marco Image & Concept, is a contemporary artist and illustrator who lives in Greenbelt, Maryland, USA. About ten years ago, David had a vision to create a series of abstract watercolor paintings that explored the female figure through curve, line, and a composition of varying shapes of color, value, and pattern. This exploration led to a distinctive style that has shaped David’s unique brand of painting and illustration since.

David's story began back when he was a toddler of five or six years old. As a child, he filled many sheets of paper with drawings in pencil and magic marker. Professional sports figures and animals were his favorite subjects. Thumbing through nature and sports books, he soon filled sheets of paper with pictures of sharks, rattlesnakes, birds, tigers and the popular star athletes and sport franchises of the day. When he reached the age of seven, David rendered his first portrait of Roberto Clemente, a baseball player with the Pittsburgh Pirates. This drawing, which was framed and placed on top of a bookcase shelf in his home, began the regular acknowledgment of seeing his drawings on the walls outside his classrooms and in his home.
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1986, BA degree in Biology, Gettysburg College (minor: Fine Art)
Strathmore Member Artist, Strathmore Hall, Rockville, MD

46th Annual Laurel Art Guild Juried Exhibition (2015), Montpelier Arts Center & Mansion, Laurel, MD
Patuxent Art League Annual Open Juried Art Exhibition (2014), Montpelier Arts Center & Mansion, Laurel, MD
All Hung Open Exhibition (2014), Montpelier Arts Center & Mansion, Laurel, MD
Foundry Gallery Open Juried Art Show (2013), Washington, DC
Greenbelt Labor Day Festival Art Show (yearly), Greenbelt, MD
All Hung Open Exhibition (2008), Montpelier Arts Center & Mansion, Laurel, MD
Patuxent Art League Annual Open Juried Art Exhibition (2007), Montpelier Arts Center & Mansion, Laurel, MD
New Deal Cafe Solo Exhibition (2006), Greenbelt, MD
Strathmore Hall Watercolor Exhibition (2003), Rockville, MD