David Morgan

Golden Fire Fish Bowl - Extra Large 12" x 9" Metal & Glass $95	Golden Fire Fish Bowl - Large 9" x 6" Metal & Glass $75
Bait Ball 7' Metal & glass mobile sculpture Sold

Raised in Montana, it was the wide open spaces that inspired me as an artist. From the commanding faces of the mountains to the delicate wild flower blossoms seen underfoot and the changes of the seasons hold a sense of detail that I try to mimic in everything I create.

As a self-taught artist I have to rely on the fundamentals I learned at Charles M Russell High School in Great Falls Montana. I was lucky to have unique teachers and individuals that shared their passions with no reserve. Yet as a leaving lesson I learned the art I was creating was always within me and that anything I wanted to learn was always within my grasp.

For more that a decade I have painted in oils and watercolors, I have drawn life as I see it, I have written words of rhyme and prose, I have played music of jazzy blue, I have created sculpture that is meant to be touched and moved, and I have enjoyed running my own business as a specialized contract carpenter.

I continue to learn from the art and artists of the past and in the living present. From the Mobile master himself Alexander Calder, international artists like Albert Paley, Frank Stella and Jean Claude & Cristo, Ohio glass artist Christopher Ries and Montana sculptors like Debra Butterfield, Charles Ringer, and George Ybarra have influenced me with their form and structure their own playful motion and their control over the materials. I enjoy painters like Monet, Van Gogh, Kevin Red Star, and Earl Biss who use their ability to create a dialogue with basic color, simple form and passionate stroke yet tell a story of time and place.