David Harold
Large October 8, 1946 -
Of Norwegian decent, Mr. Large was born in
Big Creek, California, raised and educated in Southern California. He has been
artistically active since High School, being active in the art club all 4 years.
After
his service in the Navy, Mr Large was educated in Architecture. He used his
artistic talents to produce architectural renderings for the firm of
Lewis/Graham, AIA, Dana Point, California, for five years. Then, forming a
junior partnership with Robert J. Graham to form the firm of R. J. Graham &
Associates, AIA, San Clemente, California, he continued in architecture. Having
projects all along the southern California coast and in Hawaii, he fell in love
with sailing vessels and focused his art in that direction, painting several of
the schooners and ketches he was privileged to sail on.
Upon Mr. Graham's tragic death, he moved his family to the Oregon coast and
started a completely new career in commercial fishing. For the next 20 years, he
fished his own fishing boats, starting in a small 22 foot Salmon Dory and moving
on up to Tuna trollers.
He fished in the summer and painted in the winter, selling at local galleries up
and down the Oregon coast. His painting themes ranged from classic schooners to
the fishing boats of his home port in Newport, Oregon, occasionally painting a
commissioned seascape. To get his perspective correct while painting in the
studio; he started making models of his painting subjects.
He became so good at model making he started getting commissions for them as
well. His models are in the collection of the U. S. Coast Guard, Ships Wheel
Museum, Wisconsin, and Caroline Productions, makers of "Tuched by an Angel"
CBS TV series, as well as, in the private collections of Capt. Peter Jones,
Prof. Grant Goodell, artist Don McMichael and many others.
Upon his retirement from commercial fishing he moved his family to Montana,
where he could be with his father, who was suffering from Lung Cancer and
allow his wife, Roslyn, to return to her home state and her family.
For the last six years in Montana, he has painted full time, marketing through
the internet and some selected galleries on the east coast, west coast and in
Montana with an occasional sale coming as a result of art shows. In the last
year, he was jurried and accepted to the International Society of Marine
Painters (ISMP), Marine Art Exhibit, his painting "OP-Sail 1999, Coos Bay" was
jurried and accepted into the U.S. Coast Guard Art exhibit 2001 and thier
permentant art collection. In the past, he has been jurried and accepted into
the American Society of Marine Artist's (ASMA), Coos Bay, Oregon Maritime Art
Exhibit (1998, 1999 and 2002) and the (ASMA) Newport Nautical Museum Marine Art
Exhibit, Newport Beach, California, marine art exhibit "A Brush With The Sea"
. Commissions from his web page have him booked up until early next summer.
He has had his paintings featured as covers for Good Old Boat, March, 2000
issue, 48 North, sailing magazine, The Wet Pages, nautical
magazine. He currently does not make prints of his paintings.
12/04/2006