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Artist Statement:
David Mac Innes
A lifetime interest in art and
painting was started at Erie
Technical High School that had
a curriculum that allowed a
half day devoted to drawing
and painting from life models
and plaster casts. A stick of
hard charcoal and big white
sheet of paper- In the
traditional European Beaux
Arts tradition.
Following time
sspent in the Army Air Force
in both the US and Germany was
four years at The Cleveland
Institute of Art. In
addition to developing skills
in design, color theory,
illustration and graphics,-
studies in Art History,
photography, film making and
typography were also
followed. Evening classes at
Carnegie Mellon Institute as
well the annual Carnegie
Show provided exposure to the
best international art theory
concepts.
During a 30 year
career as an Art
Director/Design Supervisor in
advertising agencies in
Pittsburgh, Cleveland and New
York City in both print and
television he continued
painting and exhibiting in
group and solo shows. His
current method of using the
computer to explore various
aspects of an image prior to
the finish was developed
during this time
This experience,
plus not having a ‘signature
style’ has allowed him to
explore different approaches
to creating images, ...
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Exhibitions for David Mac Innes:
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SOLO Shows;
2007 Upcoming: One man show 2007
Palos Verdes Art Center, Rolling Hills Estates, CA
(Date to be set)
Paintings - both representational and abstract,
Oil and acrylic monoprints, computer graphics and on-screen video graphics.
A showing of seventeen minute video "THE RED CAPE."
SOLO SHOWS:
1995 IN RETROSPECT David Mac Innes Oresman Gallery, Larchmont, NY
Oil and acrylic paintings, drawings, photographs
and computer graphics
1993 A WALK IN THE PARK Larchmont Art Gallery
1954 GRAPHIC PITTSBURGH Ivy School of Art Pittsburgh, PA -
Paintings, drawings. designs, graphics, photography, experimental and
documentary films.
1996 'ON THE SHORE' Larchmont Civic Center: Oil, watercolor and
acrylic paintings of Long Island Sound.
GROUP and ANNUAL Shows;
2007-2003 Palos Verdes Art Center -Group, Theme and Annual Shows:
‘Studio Tabletops’, Award
Paintings, monoprints, works on paper, computer generated images
and photographs. Currently showing at the Norris Gallery in PVAC,
Rolling Hills Estates, CA 'Portuguese Bend Hillside'
1997 NEW YORK 'BIG APPLE' Show-Mamaroneck Artists Guild-
'Alligator Alley' First Award Westbeth Gallery, New York, N.Y.
1994 EXPECT THE UNEXPECTED MAG Gallery, Larchmont, NY
'California Colors'
1991 ART DIRECTORS WHO PAINT The Art Directors Club of New York,
ADCNY Gallery, New York, NY 'Southcoast City', 'Intracoastal Canal'
1989 .....and ALL THAT JAZZ MAG Gallery 'Fashion Show'
1985 NEW YORK EXPERIMENTAL FILM EXPOSITION Three short 16mm films:
'Cats Cradle'. 'A Day in Greenwich Village'. 'Color Rhythm.
1960 LW FROHLICH Competition LWF Gallery, 'Radiant Square II 1ST place
INTERCON INTERNATIONAL graphics (corporate collection)
1959 THE CLEVELAND MUSEUM OF ART 'Radiant Square' (sun theme series)
1958 27th NEW ENGLAND INTERNATIONAL, Silvermine Gallery,
Silvermine, Conn.
1956 ARTISTS IN INDUSTRY Pittsburgh, PA 1st Award
1954 THREE RIVERS CENTENNIAL, Pittsburgh, Pa.
1953 SHADYSIDE COMMUNITY ARTS, Pittsburgh, PA
1952 CIA Gallery, Cleveland, Ohio
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