First Friday August 7 5-8pm at The Great Frame Up in Wayne
“I’ve been an artist ever since I could hold a crayon…however, it’s only since 2001 that I decided to quit my job as a biochemist and devote all my time to art. It was then that I started painting murals, commissioned paintings and exploring my own self-expression in acrylics and oils. My ongoing education is sought through books, magazines, and plain ol’ brush mileage. The thing I love the most about painting is simply playing with paint, mixing it, pushing it around the canvas and experimenting. To me it’s very meditative and relaxing. I think it’s a doorway to spirituality and find myself drawn to subjects that elicit a peaceful energy in me. My ultimate intention is for my work to elicit similar feelings in the viewer. This is my small way of making the world a better place.” -John Pompeo
” David Knoecklein was born in Stamford, Connecticut. He began the study and practice of Art with portrait artist Freda Dreany. His studies are broad: The School of Visual Art in New York City, The Studio of Ruben Nakian in Stamford, The Yale Graduate School of Sculpture in New Haven, Connecticut, The San Francisco Art Institute, Boise State University and Illinois State University in Normal, Illinios, with independent study in Florence, Rome and Venice, Italy and Athens, Greece. Currently, David’s work can be viewed at the Carol Schwartz Gallery, Chestnut Hill, PA, the Majolica Restaurant in Phoenixville, PA, The Great Frame Up in Wayne, PA, and The Fine Art People’s Gallery in Exton, PA. David’s solo exhibition at the Phoenixville Art Center in January of 2006 received critical appraisal from Tienfong Ho, “Picturing Change - The Still Landscapes of J. David Knoecklein.” He received the Newman Gallery Award at the 2nd Betsy Meyer Memorial Exhibition in March of 2006, and took the Blue Ribbon First in Malvern, PA in October of 2005, In May of 2006, he received national recognition at the National Juried Exhibition at the Wayne Art Center. David recently relocated from Colorado to Phoenixville, PA. He received the Who’s Who Among America’s Teachers Award in 2004 and 2005 while teaching Philosophy and Ethics in Colorado at Pikes Peak Community College. David teaches painting and drawing at the Phoenix Village Art Center and the Chester Springs Studio”
