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David Garrison

The Fine Art Pastels of Artist David Garrison David Garrison is a Signature Member of the New York chapter of Pastel Society of America.

He has been listed in the "Who's Who in American Art" since 1986.

I believe that a painting is not just an illusion in two dimensions, but it is also a moment in life, captured on canvas.

Painting is a language varying in mood and atmosphere that reflects the diversities of life itself. I enjoy the challenges of various subject matters, so my approach to the painting process is to involve the viewer with those subjects as much as possible; not only through those choices, but also through how I elect to portray those subjects.

Allowing the viewer to interpret and finish parts of the painting is more interesting than if the painting is totally spelled out for them.

I want the viewer to see the use of the medium, the end of the brush stroke, the spontaneity, the freshness of a new painting. If I can give the viewer an impression of the atmosphere, a sense of light and deep shadows, if I can just open their eyes to the simple beauty around us, then I have accomplished a great deal!