It's not surprising that the Wall Street Journal has said: "Some of Mr. Arsenault’s paintings could pass for works by Edward Hopper.” He uses large shapes and dramatic lighting with strong color contrasts in creating a compelling sense of mood, time and place. Each piece presents a private, quiet contemplation of the simple beauty of everyday existence.
Arsenault strives to describe moments of shared human experience by expressing the transformational qualities of light, a sense of deeply personal solitude, and the elusive “frozen moment in time.” As with all artists, he relies on you, the viewer, to engage your unique thoughts, dreams, feelings, and experiences to complete the pictures in new and unexpected ways.
David was first inspired by art in 1970 when he discovered a reproduction of Edward Hopper's painting "Gas" in a grade school library book. It wasn’t until the early ‘90s, however, when a professor in his graphics program reintroduced him to Hopper’s work; it was the he decided to study painting, especially Hopper.