David Datwyler
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b. 1961, Salt Lake City, Utah
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
2009 Hot Tea!, del Mano Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Focus Gallery Exhibit, Southern Highlands Craft Guild, Asheville, NC
2008 Exhibition of Wood Turners, The Mary Martin Gallery, Charleston, SC
35th Annual Juried Exhibition, The Artist’s Guild of Spartanburg, Spartanburg, SC
2007 Southeast Region Annual Juried Exhibition, American Craft Council, Gatlinburg, TN
34th Annual Juried Exhibition, The Artist’s Guild of Spartanburg, Spartanburg, SC
The 4th Biennial Hub City Art Exhibition, Spartanburg, SC
2006 The Spartanburg Museum of Art Annual Art Show, Spartanburg, SC
Beyond the Bowl: Woodturning by David Datwyler, Spartanburg Museum of Art,
Spartanburg, SC
33rd Annual Juried Exhibition, The Artist’s Guild of Spartanburg, Spartanburg, SC
Transarboreal, The Brezler Gallery, Roswell, GA
2005 Of Hearth and Home, Woolworth Walk, Asheville, NC
Healing Arts, Spartanburg Regional Outpatient Center, Spartanburg, SC
2004 QS/1 Data Systems, The Artist’s Guild of Spartanburg, Spartanburg, SC
ABOUT THE ARTIST
David Datwyler is a Utah native who currently resides in Spartanburg, South Carolina. His works full time as a Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist. While working as a traveling nurse in the early 1990s, he gained an interest in art. His travels allowed him the opportunity to visit museums and galleries all over the country. During an assignment in South Carolina he discovered woodturning as an art form through the Southern Highland Craft Guild. Little did he know that 15 years later, he would take up woodturning and become a member of that guild.
ARTIST’S STATEMENT
I have always been drawn to wood in furniture, architecture, art, and nature. The figure of the grain, the look and feel of different finishes, and the unique smell of each type of wood has always touched my soul. I particularly admire art that balances manmade shapes and forms with natural defects such as bark inclusions, knots, and cracks found within the wood.
With each piece I turn I aim to push the limits of my ability and vision while also reaching the limit of the wood. Wood is a liquid medium; natural bark inclusions, the direction of the grain and knots, rot, fungi, cracks, and insect damage are all factors in the final form of a piece. Even when completed, the shape and the texture of the wood may continue to change as the piece dries.
As I shape wood, the process of turning shapes me. Therefore my art will continue to change and evolve as I experiment with different types of wood, new techniques, styles, forms, and shapes.
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
2009 Hot Tea!, del Mano Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Focus Gallery Exhibit, Southern Highlands Craft Guild, Asheville, NC
2008 Exhibition of Wood Turners, The Mary Martin Gallery, Charleston, SC
35th Annual Juried Exhibition, The Artist’s Guild of Spartanburg, Spartanburg, SC
2007 Southeast Region Annual Juried Exhibition, American Craft Council, Gatlinburg, TN
34th Annual Juried Exhibition, The Artist’s Guild of Spartanburg, Spartanburg, SC
The 4th Biennial Hub City Art Exhibition, Spartanburg, SC
2006 The Spartanburg Museum of Art Annual Art Show, Spartanburg, SC
Beyond the Bowl: Woodturning by David Datwyler, Spartanburg Museum of Art,
Spartanburg, SC
33rd Annual Juried Exhibition, The Artist’s Guild of Spartanburg, Spartanburg, SC
Transarboreal, The Brezler Gallery, Roswell, GA
2005 Of Hearth and Home, Woolworth Walk, Asheville, NC
Healing Arts, Spartanburg Regional Outpatient Center, Spartanburg, SC
2004 QS/1 Data Systems, The Artist’s Guild of Spartanburg, Spartanburg, SC
ABOUT THE ARTIST
David Datwyler is a Utah native who currently resides in Spartanburg, South Carolina. His works full time as a Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist. While working as a traveling nurse in the early 1990s, he gained an interest in art. His travels allowed him the opportunity to visit museums and galleries all over the country. During an assignment in South Carolina he discovered woodturning as an art form through the Southern Highland Craft Guild. Little did he know that 15 years later, he would take up woodturning and become a member of that guild.
ARTIST’S STATEMENT
I have always been drawn to wood in furniture, architecture, art, and nature. The figure of the grain, the look and feel of different finishes, and the unique smell of each type of wood has always touched my soul. I particularly admire art that balances manmade shapes and forms with natural defects such as bark inclusions, knots, and cracks found within the wood.
With each piece I turn I aim to push the limits of my ability and vision while also reaching the limit of the wood. Wood is a liquid medium; natural bark inclusions, the direction of the grain and knots, rot, fungi, cracks, and insect damage are all factors in the final form of a piece. Even when completed, the shape and the texture of the wood may continue to change as the piece dries.
As I shape wood, the process of turning shapes me. Therefore my art will continue to change and evolve as I experiment with different types of wood, new techniques, styles, forms, and shapes.