Dave Martsolf

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I love all forms of creativity and have a drive to create pieces within the visual arts field. My problem is staying focused on one aspect of the visual arts long enough to develop a coherent style. I think I have found that in my recent watercolors of old hand-drawn sketches and newer hand art work.

A recent trip to Glacier National Park with its easy to capture grand landscapes is now behind me. You can find those photographic pieces at the end of my artwork pages. In future months I will be adding continuously to my watercolor pieces and thinking of grander spin-offs into oils once again for the first time since the 1970’s and 80’s when all of my major surrealist pieces were created.

You will also find computer art and composites, textures, and just about everything else in these pages. And now, back to business and great art to come.

Enjoy!

Dave Martsolf

Also represented by

http://absolutearts.com/davemartsolf

http://fineartamerica.com/profiles/dave-martsolf.html

http://davemartsolf.com

http://martsolfphotofinearts.com

Featured in Red Bubble Groups

Amazing World was featured in Earth Keepers October 2009.
Sunrise was featured in Fantastic Primitive Art in October 2009.
Alien Beach Resort Architecture was featured in You’re Accepted group October 2009.
Emily’s Ridge Walk was featured in Art for the World October 2009.
Alien Beach Resort Architecture was featured in the Surrealism group September 2009.
Civilization Found Intact was featured in The Voyage of the Surrealists September 2009.
Mother and Child was featured in The Divine Feminine September 2009.
Shadows on the Land was featured in All Parks September 2009.
Forest near Saint Mary Falls was featured in Mother Nature’s Wonders September 2009.
The Last Supper and Civilization Found Intact were both featured in Imaginative Realism in September 2009.
Alien Hive City was featured in C.O.R.E in September 2009.
Classical Construction was featured in Urban Art in September 2009.
Mountain Retreat and Odalisque were both featured in Fantastic Primitive Art in September 2009.
The Boneyard of Unused Shapes was featured in Finks of Inks in September 2009.
The Millenium Stone was featured in Paintings Modern and Beyond – PiMT in September 2009.
Emmas Sunglasses was featured in Paintings Modern and Beyond – PiMT in September 2009.
Stark Contrast was featured in Appalachian Artists in September 2009.
Mount Gould was featured in AMERICA’S National Parks and WILDLIFE Habitat in September 2009.
A Last Minute Apocalyptic Education was featured in Let’s Pay Homage and Avant Garde in September 2009.
A Last Minute Apocalyptic Education also won 5th place in Avant Garde’s Homage to Dali Challenge in September 2009.
Sedimentary Abstract was featured in Visual Texture group in September 2009.
Friends was featured in The Voyage of the Surrealists in August 2009.
Going-to-the-Sun Mountain was featured in Gateways in August 2009.
Full Force was featured in Fantastic Primitive Art in August 2009.
Portents of Genius was featured in C.O.R.E in August 2009.
The Boneyard of Unused Shapes was featured in Works on Paper in August 2009.
Stark Contrast was featured in the Appalachian State Parks group in August 2009.
The Last Supper was featured in Hand Painted or Drawn Buildings and Architecture in August 2009.
Windows of Allegory was featured in FEATURED ONLY , August 2009.
Ferris Wheel was featured in Windmills and Ferris wheels group in August 2009.
Friends was featured in Imaginative Realism August 2009.
Deep Canopy was featured in the Earth Keepers Environmental Awareness group, August 2009.
Emma’s Sunglasses was featured in Digital Artists United August 2009.
The Arguments of Heisenberg and Einstein Weighed by a Partial Observer was featured in Art for the World August 2009.
Black Forest was featured in Water Media group, August 2009
Surface Tension was featured in Fine Arts group, August 2009.
The Bridge was featured in the Dark Future group and the Oil Painting group in August 2009.
Windows of Allegory was featured in C.O.R.E., August 2009.
Also featured in C.O.R.E. – Civilization Found Intact
and Global Dreaming , both in August 2009.
The Cathedral has been featured in Hand painted or drawn Buildings and architecture .
Surface Tension has been featured at Painted Dogs and at Realist Traditional Art .
Crown Fire has been featured in Appalachian State Parks .
Crown Fire also served as the Avatar for the “Tree” Challenge in Appalachian State Parks in August 2009.
Illumination Beyond Ursa Major has been featured in Dark Future group.
Gold Bejeweled Fertility Goddess has been featured in Works-on-Paper .
Friends has been featured in Parallel Dimensions .
Emma’s Fantasy Stargate Nova has been featured in Surrealism .
Lady of the Flowers was featured in Finks of Inks .

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For commissions please write davidmartsolf@comcast.net or give me a call at 1-603-568-0415

Hey! My brother is also on Red Bubble. Check out his work. His name is Mark Martsolf. He’s the BEST !!!!

Education

Massachusetts Institute of Technology 1967 – 1970 Architecture

University of New Hampshire 1970 – 1973 Fine Arts, Art History

University of New Hampshire 1983 – 1985 Bachelor of Arts in the Arts

National Juried Shows

Ellsworth Gallery, Simsbury, CT, 1977

Ellsworth Gallery, Simsbury, CT, 1978

Greater Fall River Art Association, Fall River, MA, 1978

Washington & Jefferson College, Washington, PA, 1978

North Platte Valley Artist’s Guild, Scottsbluff, NE, 1979

Washington & Jefferson College, Washington, PA, 1980

Butler Institute of American Art, Youngstown, OH, 1982

Springfield Art League, Springfield, MA, 1983

Springfield Art League, Springfield, MA, 1984

Trees Atlanta 1st Annual National “Trees in Art” Exhibition, Atlanta, GA 2009

On-line Juried Shows

http://Projekt30.com December 2008 Juried Show

http://Projekt30.com March 2009 Juried Show

Solo Shows

Gallery 33, Concord, NH, 1977

First and Second Unitarian Universalist Church, Boston, MA, 1979

Ainsworth Gallery, Boston, MA, 1979

New Hampshire College, Manchester, NH, 1981

New Hampshire College, Manchester, NH, 1984

Awards

Honorable Mention, Washington & Jefferson College, Washington, PA, 1978

Juror’s Prize, “UNH Revisited” Alumni Show, Durham, NH, 1981

Best of Show, New Hampshire Arthritis Foundation Annual Art Exhibit, Concord, NH, 1981

Best of Show, New Hampshire Arthritis Foundation Annual Art Exhibit, Concord, NH, 1982

Sawyer Memorial Award for Painting, 38th Annual New Hampshire Art Association Exhibition, Currier Gallery of Art, Manchester, NH, 1985

Other web sites:

http://absolutearts.com/davemartsolf

http://fineartamerica.com/profiles/dave-martsolf.html

http://davemartsolf.com

http://martsolfphotofinearts.com