David Peters

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b. 1949, Los Angeles, CA



SELECTED COLLECTIONS

Kamm Teapot Foundation, Sparta, NC


SELECTED EXHIBITIONS

2005-08   Hot Tea! del Mano Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2007        Beyond The Basket, del Mano Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2006-07   Sculpture, Objects, Functional Art Exposition, Chicago, IL   
2005-06   Show and Tell, Zimmer Children's Museum, Los Angeles, CA


ABOUT THE ARTIST

David Peters has lived and traveled extensively in Europe, the Middle East and Africa. His widely varied work experiences include stints as a stevedore, a farm worker, a deckhand in the Norwegian merchant marine, an importer, a professional photographer, an animator, director and video producer, a teacher and commercial illustrator/designer. Since 1979 he has been a freelance illustrator specializing in collage and photography.

For the last 15 years he has been using a computer to create his illustrations. He has taught at Otis College of Art & Design in Westchester. 

His clients have included;  Air & Space/Smithsonian Magazine, MACWORLD, Time magazine, Forbes, Western Union, American History Magazine and the Los Angeles Times.  He has been a member of the Society of Illustrators, Los Angeles, and has won numerous awards in his field.  His work has been featured in exhibitions in the United States, Japan, Canada, South Africa and Italy.  He created the poster art for the National Air Races in Reno from 1998 to 2001.

Peters is a private pilot and owner of a 1950 Ryan Navion L-17.  He is involved in the restoration of vintage aircraft and is a long time collector of aviation memorabilia as well as other mid 20th century pop culture items.  Several of his collections have been featured in books on the subject.


ARTIST'S STATEMENT

Owning and working on a 54-year-old airplane has influenced my evolution from 2-D art to 3 dimensional work.  It’s a very hands-on thing and there is always some element of fabrication involved, whether it is in the resurrection of a worn part to the making of a new one.  In aviation, I’m exposed to a lot of mechanical elements that, when taken out of context, have the potential to become something else entirely.
 
I enjoy the whimsy of converting right brain technology into left brain artifacts.