David Fenton Art Gift & Greeting Card

Business Description

The child of an odd pair, an existential painter and social worker, I was born in New Haven, CT. Dad was a professor of Abstract Expressionism at Pratt and would speak at length of how rich life was amidst the inventive and passionate creatives he rubbed elbows with - artists like Rothko, Warhol, Pollack, Dekooning, Johns, etc. My childhood was anything but casual. At nine, I identified with Max, of "Where the Wild Things Are". When chaos arose, my imagination would seize control and take me on voyages through sun-blasted hills, or carry me into an ambient night on the wings of a silent owl.

A self-taught artist, after years of bending my creativity to work in advertising, design, and magazine publishing, I worked with a brilliant art director who helped me to realize my visual longings. Thus was born an intoxicating compulsion to create original art, and I've made it my full-time vocation. Now residing in Northern California, I create works that explore the liberating authenticity of

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