I went back to my dorm room that night and fired up my airbrush for hours... from that time on it all made sense. It took a while to build up the finesse and dexterity to really get it sync with it, but from that time on I loved it and it served me well.” When asked about outside influences regarding the use of the airbrush and development of his style, Da- vid’s thoughts turn to H R Giger. “Aside from his mind bending and incredibly powerful im- ages, I was inspired by HR Giger’s ability to harness the power of the airbrush as a seri- ous fine art media. There seems to be a bias against airbrush as a tool for fine art.” David dismisses these biases, “I take every image and every individual expression on its own merits. I applaud ground breaking artists and people in general who pop others out of their stereotypes and make them take a second look at the world.” We asked David to com- pare the use of the airbrush to some of the other media he uses. “I prefer to do black and gray tattoo work as opposed to color. I have adopted a tattoo technique that is very much like the way I approach an airbrush piece. I like to build the pigment slowly and let organic patterns emerge from the image and sur- prise me. I think my tattoo work has found it’s own unique identity as a direct result of my experience with the airbrush. “I love the im- mediacy of the airbrush. I love the fluid nature of it. To me, my airbrush work is reminiscent of liquids and gas. The creatures I create with the airbrush seem to me like they are held to- gether by spirit rather then bound by matter. There is a sense that the paintings are mov- ing through time and leaving vapor trials as they go. There is a softness and smokiness in my airbrush work that is not present in any of my other artistic efforts. I feel like the air- brush was the tool that really taught me to fully express myself as an artist. My accom- plishments in other media are built on the things I learned about myself with an airbrush in my hand. Although airbrush is my favorite I really enjoy just about any vehicle for artistic expression and I have a deep love for painting with a brush. thing about brush painting is the way brush strokes can almost fool the mind. Page 1  |  Page 2  |  Page 3  |  Page 4  |  Page 5  |  Page 6  |  Page 7  |  Page 8  |  Page 9  |  Page 10  |  Page 11  |  Page 12  |  Page 13  |  Page 14  |  Page 15  |  Page 16  |  Page 17  |  Page 18  |  Page 19  |  Page 20  |  Page 21  |  Page 22  |  Page 23  |  Page 24  |  Page 25  |  Page 26  |  Page 27  |  Page 28  |  Page 29  |  Page 30  |  Page 31  |  Page 32  |  Page 33  |  Page 34  |  Page 35  |  Page 36