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As an "Army Combat Artist" based in Saigon, I experienced the prelude to the Tet Offensive. Combat artists were given carte blanche to follow combat units in order to photograph and later interpret, through art, the images, people, places and events for the Dept. of the Army. The paintings are now in the U.S. Army Center of Military History in Washington D.C. Most combat artists recorded battle, villages burning and death. I found myself painting faces, this time the faces of Vietnam: soldiers, villagers, children, old people, the wounded, and
the orphaned. I was heart-struck by the suffering. I was moved by the quality and depth of the human spirit reflected in their faces.
After the military, I opened my own advertising agency, designing and executing over one hundred and fifty posters for the film industry. I found that the movies were and are faces in and of themselves. From my Vietnam experiences, I found I could look into the heart of a film, find it's spirit, and transform that on to a poster.
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wanted to be a portrait painter, so twenty-seven years later I made the decision to stop commercial art and earn my living painting. I took a year and a half off and taught myself how to paint portraits, then leaped into the world of portraiture. |
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Painting is a deep love and a way of life now. It's what I do to find myself. I consider myself an intuitive painter, meaning I paint straight from my heart. Some clients find the paintings to be an integral part in the making and healing of the self. Some call my paintings doorways. Others refer to them as windows or mirrors to the soul, and use them as tools to look inside. All hopes, fears, loves, and hates go on the canvas. As I paint, I look into myself, and as I do, I see into the image I'm painting. The spirit of that image flows through me and on to the canvas.
David gives two day and week long painting workshops on the principles of portrait painting, including color, composition and design theory. Multiple styles and techniques in oils, acrylics, colored pencils and charcoal on different surfaces. Private teaching sessions for individuals are available. For more information, contact David at: fairrington@verizon.net
Also available Prints
of David's work, contact the artist for more information, fairrington@verizon.net
DAVID FAIRRINGTON’S WORK IS IN
THE FOLLOWING COLLECTIONS
Alan Lowenstein collection, Long Beach, CA Alva’s Performance Academy collection, San Pedro, CA Anthony & Stephanie Bassanelli, Rancho Mirage, CA Arna Vodenos collection, Los Angeles, CA Artisan Films, Santa Monica, CA Berry & Laura Bruder collection, Santa Monica, CA Bill & Concie Bringas family, Valencia, CA Blocker Academy of Martial Arts collection, Palos Verdes, CA Brendan Keegan collection, Los Angeles, CA Buddy Polser collection , Dallas, TX Burt & Renee Weiss collection, Miami Beach, FL Chris Ito collection, Santa Monica, CA City of Angels Ballet collection, Los Angeles, CA Columbia Pictures, Burbank, CA David Forbes collection, Los Angeles, CA David Norton collection, Malibu, CA David Pearlman collection, Boston, MA David Peterson collection, Torrance, CA Debbie Felker collection, San Pedro, CA Dennis DePitro collection, Los Angeles, CA Diane Cooper collection, Rock Creek, OH Don & Debra Terrell collection, Palos Verdes Estates, CA Don & Mary Harrell collection, Los Angeles, CA Donald & Tracy Banks collection, San Francisco, CA Donna Wong family, San Francisco, CA Dorcas P. Greene, CT Ernest & June Siva, Banning, CA Ewa Marchiondo collection, Manhattan Beach, CA Fred Lueckfeld. Honolulu, HI Gia Weisdorns collection, Malibu, CA Gilda’s Club collection, Cathedral City, CA Global Animation, Santa Monica, CA IMAX, Santa Monica, CA Inger Miller collection, Pasadena, CA Jack & Geri Pearlman collection, West Hills, CA James Rosenberg collection, Tujunga, CA Janice Hahn collection, San Pedro, CA Jason Wolfram, Banning, CA Jeanne Carmen collection, Laguna Beach, CA Jim & Caroline Marshall collection, Boise, ID Jim & Melissa Martin collection, San Francisco, CA Jim & Suzanne Daues collection, Rancho Palos Verdes, CA Jim & Valerie Addas collection, Pacific Palisades, CA Joan Borinstein collection, Los Angeles, CA Joe & Martha McKenzie collection, Santa Monica, CA Joe & Sue Mundi collection, Fountain Valley, CA Joel Rosenthal collection, Sacramento, CA John Lewis collection, Anaheim, CA John McEnroe collection, New York, NY Jon & Sandy Jacobson collection, Los Angeles, CA Jon Peters collection, Brentwood, CA Jorge & Dorothy Anibarro collection, Burbank, CA Julie Black collection, Santa Monica, CA Ken & Carleen Kikugawa collection, Rancho Palos Verdes, CA Kenneth M Schnable, Cherry Valley, CA Largo Woodruff collection, Oak Park, CA Leslie Kavnaugh collection, Los Angeles, CA Lisa Lobito collection, Los Angeles, CA Long Beach Ballet Company collection, Long Beach, CA Los Angeles Police Dept collection, Los Angeles, CA Malibu Ballet Company collection, Malibu, CA Malki Museum, Morongo Reservation, Banning, CA Mark & Addie Van Gessel collection, Venice, CA Mark Willoughby collection, Hollywood, Ca Matt Lincir collection, San Pedro, CA Melody Newell & Bill Funk, Redlands, CA MGM, Santa Monica, CA Michael & Michelle Veyette collection, Seal Beach, CA Michael Kozoll collection, Santa Monica, CA Mike & Annette Karim collection, Fresno, CA Mildred Farmer collection, Los Angeles, CA Nancy Thomsen collection, Palm Springs, CA Nicole Schwartz collection, New York, NY Oliver Oliveros collection, Torrance, CA Paula & Don Christante, Cherry Valley, CA Paula Hill, Beaumont, CA Paramount Pictures, Santa Monica, CA Pat Fierro collection, Torrance, CA Patricia Sheehan collection, Marina Del Rey, CA Paul Rosenthal collection, Auburn, CA Paul & Robin McDonnell, Riverside, CA Playboy Jazz Festival collection, Los Angeles, CA Ralph & Eileen Horowitz collection, Los Angeles, CA Richard & Ming Yu Chun collection, Los Angeles, CA Rita Johnstone collection, San Francisco, CA Robin Muraoka collection, Manhattan Beach, CA Robin Banacki collection, Los Angeles, CA Rose Hiersche, Banning, CA San Pedro Historical Society, San Pedro, CA Scott DeWinkeleer collection, Sherman Oaks, CA Sharon Kagan collection, Los Angeles, CA Sherri O’Brien collection, Sherman Oaks, CA Shirley Richards collection, San Pedro, CA Sidney Williams collection, Santa Monica, CA Sony Pictures, Culver City, CA Spectrum Studios, Santa Monica, CA Steven L. Fiske collection, Venice, CA Sylvia Galindo collection, Los Angeles, CA Tami Masuda collection, Honolulu, HI Teri Chang collection, Seal Beach, CA The Adderley School of Performing Arts, Pacific Palisades, CA Theo Corrigan collection, Malibu, CA Todd Rosenthal collection, Sacramento, CA U.S. Army Center of Military History, Washington, D.C.
Universal Pictures, Universal City, CA
Vendalla collection, Stockholm, Sweden
Walt Disney Studios , Burbank, CA
Walter F. Rylant collection, Las Vegas, Nevada Warner Bros Studios, Burbank, CA Westside Ballet Academy, Santa Monica, CA William Bratton collection, Los Angeles, CA |
