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COLLECTOR ALERT Derek: Contemplation in the Studio by David Tanner (shown below) was selected as a Finalist in the March 2012 RayMar Art Painting Competition. David Tanner - Canvoo Focal Point

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 Focal Point: David Tanner
Visit David Tanner's Canvoo Focal Point on the web



Traditional portraiture work with a fresh approach, including depiction of details that engage the viewer.

- Informed Collector

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Other Web Pages with info about David Tanner

David Tanner's Main Artist Website

 

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Biography

 

 

David Tanner is a representational oil painter in Richmond, Virginia. Since receiving a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from Virginia Commonwealth University in 1991, his study of traditional painting technique includes workshops with modern masters Nelson Shanks in Philadelphia and Robert Liberace in Washington DC.

After more than a decade of oil portraiture, David has been focusing on figurative painting and plein-air landscape and since 2006. Frequent traveling has provided rich opportunities for capturing the light and color of locations in Russia, Italy, Spain, Morocco, and Great Britain. While visiting painting collections in these countries, David has studied the work of John Singer Sargent, Joaquin Sorolla, Anders Zorn, Ilya Repin, and other late 19th and early 20th century masters.

National awards include three honored paintings in the Portrait Society of America's 2011 Member's Only Competition. Other honors include placement in the American Artist Magazine Cover Competition 2012, PleinAir Magazine PleinAir Salon 2011, The Artist's Magazine 28th Annual Art Competion, and the Raymar Art Annual Fine Art Competition 2011 and 2012. Most recently, David was selected to present two outdoor portrait demonstrations at the Plein Air Expo in Nevada in April 2012.

David is an active member of Oil Painters of America and The Portrait Society of America. He teaches oil painting at the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts Studio School, and the Visual Arts Center of Richmond, where he was elected Master Teacher in 2006. In Richmond his work is displayed at Crossroads Art Center and can be seen in his Museum District studio.