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Artist Exhibitions:
Recent Shows 2008 – 2012
Galatea Fine Art - Boston, MA
2012
Artmarket Gallery &
Exhibitions – Juried Show –
Boston, MA, June 2009
Experimental Art Gallery –
Juried Show – Salem, MA, June
2009
Trees Atlanta - Trees in Art
Exhibit - Atlanta, GA, May
2009
Group Show - Gale Library
Annual Art Exhibition -
Newton, NH, April 2009
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Artist Galleries:
Galatea Fine Arts
460B Harrison Ave., Boston, MA 02118
617-542-1500
Hours:
W-F 12-6 Sa, Su 12-5
For information contact:
Director, Marjorie Kaye:
galateafinearts@yahoo.com
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Dave Martsolf Biography:
| Biographical information for Dave Martsolf can be found below. The artist may choose what information to display. Sometimes the artist chooses not to display personal information to the general public. |
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62
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| Gender |
Male
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| Status |
Married
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| Children |
1
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| Religion |
not provided |
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| Education |
Bachelor of Fine Arts |
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| Hobbies / Interests |
Mountain Climbing, Travel, and a passionate interest in all things |
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| Favorite Artistic Medium |
Painting Oil
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| Favorite Arthistory Movement |
Dutch School - (1600 - 1670)
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| Favorite Visual Artist |
Picasso
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| Favorite Work of Art |
The Hallucinogenic Toreador by Dali
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| Biggest Artistic Inspiration |
Whatever is outside of my skin. The vibration of life and life's emotions, twisted by the influence of others, fighting for a day in the sun, learning the way of calm, the mastery of the surf of life and the swell of love and anger. Brownian motion, cosmic ray decay, elemental particles, the paths of chaos, entropy, and rejuvenation.
The now, the endless, the will, the way, and the wonder. Simple things.
Dave Martsolf |
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| Why Did You Become An Artist |
I had no choice. Nothing else gives me any sense of accomplishment or self-fulfillment. |
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| Your Personal Biography |
Dave Martsolf Biography - The Artwork Speaks for Itself - Here is How I Got Where I Am
I was born in 1949 in Manhattan, Kansas. My dad, Louis, was teaching Art and Indian Lore at Kansas State University at the time. My mom, Ruth, was with him, working as a professional photographer. My dad left Kansas because his father, Arthur, called him, to help in the family architectural firm started by his uncle in western Pennsylvania. The firm's work encompassed private houses, churches, civic and business building projects throughout the four-state area. I remember the pastel and watercolor sets used in Dad's office to render designs for presentation to customers. I remember watching the draftsmen detailing the elevations, floor plans, and electrical and plumbing plans; the awful smell of ammonia used to make the magic blueprints in the damp basement of the old two-story office wedged in-between other small businesses in New Brighton.
Yet, despite the closeness of one of the few businesses in the world that requires a melding of arts and science, my parents never made a big deal about it or pushed me toward that life. Mom had given up her professional career to raise me and my soon to come two younger brothers. Dad had a small corner in the basement of our small New Brighton house where he stored his own paintings from his college days.
Dad is dead now. Mom is still alive. My parents were divorced when I was 12, and Mom and the three kids moved to New Hampshire. Dad never did return to art as a way to put food on the table. I think now that he must have always regreted that. Mom never went back to professional photography either. Looking back, I can see all this now and for myself hope to finally bring untold generations of talented ancestral ability from both sides of the aisle to the wider collective culture of global man.
After my own college experience there was a try at art. But, at that time I had become intrigued by the artwork of Salvador Dali. I still believe that for all his over-the-top tomfoolery he will stand out as one of the world's great artists in centuries to come. I painted in his style and found quickly after hundreds of rejection letters that his style was not in vogue. It may never be.
Today, as I look back and begin to catalogue all of the drawings I made through the years I can see my own style continuing to evolve until today it has finally come into its own. Along with this under-wraps cocoon-like development, I have finally found a partner I can talk to on a similar plane; a person with whom I can share my hopes, dreams, and fears with no worry of emotional repercussions. This last realignment I believe has already made and will continue to make a vast difference in the possibilities this last time around. And, this IS the last time around, so we either get it right this time or we go to the movies. As Emma tells me, 'Next time find me earlier.'
Dave Martsolf - Fine Artist
phone: 603-568-0415
e-mail: davidmartsolf@comcast.net
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
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