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Welcome to my blog

Hello guest welcome to my imagination realm!  Herein you will find various works of art that I am trying to put in order by their date of creation for my own cataloging.  You will also find some other conceptualizations that I have either proposed here or there and may still be trying to bring to fruition somewhere in the world.

One thing that you must know about me (if you must) and that is that I am not just one that believes in art for arts sake but also believe that the arts could play a roll in society like never before seen.  It is my dream to one day see my wildest ideas come to life in order to transform societies both locally and globally.  I do believe that the key to solving many of man’s ailments and ongoing problems are stored in the imagainations of the artisans, they just need a great marketing team to make them work for society.  I want to be part of assembling this marketing team (of sorts).  You may think this is to far out, but I have to say isn’t it far out that the most creative society in the world still thinks that throwing glorified rocks at enemys will solve the problems?  Why isn’t the imagination being used to come up with really far out ideas to battle wars, to make a dent in poverty and hunger.  I, for one, am an artist stuck painting these ideas/concepts to those who already have their mind up.  I am having to teach and I am not a teacher.  I am one that sees potential and want to keep sharing this potential with others and collectively/synergistically work with others that have talents that I do not have to make these things come to life.

For now I will have to hope that someone is reading this and getting something/anything from my work.  To really see more about my mission please go to http://www.artscollaborative.org

Thanks for visiting.

Artfully Yours,

David

Conjuring Shiva – oil painting on canvas

Conjuring Shiva by David F. Heatwole

New Articles from The Journal and Herald News regarding new mural in martinsburg for 2012

http://www.journal-news.net/page/content.detail/id/570445.html

http://articles.herald-mail.com/2011-11-02/news/30353034_1_new-mural-mural-project-historic-preservation-review-commission

Mural at Good Natured in Martinsburg WV

Mural at Good Natured in Martinsburg

Discovering Australian Aboriginal art paintings

When I was a kid I learned a little about Aboriginal art but it didn’t really do anything for my art at that time.  It was beautiful and very interesting to look at but at that time it was just art, just pretty pictures.

Recently as an adult after spending a lot of time creating 3-D images with a lot of energy patterns or rhythms in it I stumbled upon two work by two families of Aborigines.  This work was similar in nature to what I was creating because of the spermatozoon like subjects illustrated in our works.  These families were the Petyarre and Numina families.  These two families are related.  The Petyarre family pioneered the style that i became enamored with and the Numina sisters (nieces of the Petyarre sisters) expanded on the styles taught by their famous aunts.

This is Gloria Petyarre she is one of the most successful of the Aborigine artists and is the one that seemingly started the style that I feel so connected to.  Below her are 2 photos related to one of her works.

Gloria Petyarre putting the final touches on a masterpiece

The movement in this style of work is what grabbed me for my own work.  For the last year and a half I have been studying their work and trying to capture the movement that they have mastered.  While I have learned the style well, I have yet to learn how to apply the paint they way they do.  I am okay with this as my main interest is in illustrating movement, ebb and flow.

I discovered their work after completing the oil painting Water lilies (click on Water lilies to notice the similarities.)

The discovery of these two families works was just one of the little miracles that have shaped my work.  I am in the process of breaking out of the aboriginal style and trying to apply it to my own works.  The process of doing so is very hard.  Due to the difficulty of breaking free of this addictive style of painting I have had to go the opposite extreme and paint more still life type of works.  Here is a link to my most recent work

I want to share briefly a little more about the Numina Sisters whom I mentioned have taken the style and techniques learned from their Aunt Gloria (shown above) and have really gone far with their own styles.  It takes some time to realize exactly how each of the sisters work is uniquely their own due to how similar the work is.

Louise Numina

untitled Louise Numina painting

Caroline Numina

untitled work by Caroline Numina

My favorite of all of them is Jacinta Numina, is by far creating what i consider to be the most amazing work of all the Numina Sisters or the Petyarre family.  The work is so hypnotic.

Jacinta Numina

Work by Jacinta Numina

Lanita Numina

Selina Numina

work by Selina Numina

Sharon Numina

Tidal Pools II by David F. Heatwole

Tidal Pools I by David F. Heatwole

Two Points of Perception by David F. Heatwole

Differing Points of Perception by David F. Heatwole

Flower Power by David F. Heatwole

Heightened Perception by David F. Heatwole