David E Morris

David E Morris was born in Springfield, Ohio in 1969 and received undergraduate and graduate education at Washington University in St. Louis and Northwestern University respectively. He uses charcoal, graphite and oil paint to describe his experience of having been in the presence of another person.

David Morris’s figurative realism stems from an intense and persistent interest in human anatomy from multiple perspectives: beauty in form, function, and structure. While continuing to teach anatomy at the medical school level, he uses charcoal, graphite, and oil paint in his artwork to convey something beyond the scientific aspect of the body. He has a deep affection for working from life and strives to share something about what he experienced in the presence of that person represented. In this process of portraying people, Morris explores concepts of psyche, intimacy, and gaze as it relates to gender.

Manu Saluja

Debra Lott