"It is my hope that my work speaks to the viewer on a grand and inclusive scale about the human condition. The most sincere and effective way to speak directly about this topic, I believe, is by working with the human figure itself. Whether it’s our own image in the mirror or the sight of another, the figure is the most natural vessel for all our emotions from the most primal to the most civilized.
The people in my portraits are painted from observation. There is no substitute for a living, breathing human being when choosing to speak about human life. My figures tend to exist in between two realities. One, which is created by attempting to achieve a truthful portrayal of my subject and the second, is created by not denying the absolute physicality of the medium itself- oil paint. Through the paint, fleeting thoughts and feelings are slowed down so that the viewer can share with me my enthusiasm for these subtle nuances of the human condition."
David M Pettibone
EDUCATION
New York Academy of Art | New York, NY
• MFA Painting, May 2007
• GPA 3.9
• Cum Laude Graduate.
• Received the Walter Erlebacher Award for Outstanding work in Anatomy.
• Received the 2007 – 2008 New York Academy of Art Fellowship.
Rhode Island School of Design | Providence, RI
• BFA Painting, May 2003
• GPA 3.7
• Attended the European Honors Program in Rome, Italy, 2001-2002.
PROFESSIONAL TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Marymount Manhattan College | NY, NY
• Figure Drawing, Spring 2011
• Painting II, Fall 2010
• Advanced Painting, Fall 2010
• Color and Design, Fall 2010
3rd Ward | Brooklyn, NY
• Oil Techniques, 2010 – present
Brooklyn College | Brooklyn, NY
• Painting 1, Fall and Spring 2008-2009
AWARDS & GRANTS
The New York Academy of Art Fellowship | NY, NY | 2007-2008
Additional year – long research fellowship awarded to three outstanding post-graduate students from the NYAA program. The NYAA Fellow is expected to build and exhibit a body of work and at the same time, assist professors and visiting artists with their courses.
The Walter Erlebacher Award for Outstanding Work in Anatomy | 2007
The Elizabeth Greenshields Foundation Grant | 2005
© David M Pettibone
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