{"id":17,"date":"2022-12-29T19:57:27","date_gmt":"2022-12-29T19:57:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/davidedwinmeyers.com\/?page_id=17"},"modified":"2022-12-30T02:42:11","modified_gmt":"2022-12-30T02:42:11","slug":"about-the-artist","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/davidedwinmeyers.com\/index.php\/about-the-artist\/","title":{"rendered":"About"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignwide size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"885\" height=\"885\" src=\"https:\/\/davidedwinmeyers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/davo-2023-c-gs.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-156\" srcset=\"https:\/\/davidedwinmeyers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/davo-2023-c-gs.png 885w, https:\/\/davidedwinmeyers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/davo-2023-c-gs-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/davidedwinmeyers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/davo-2023-c-gs-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/davidedwinmeyers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/davo-2023-c-gs-768x768.png 768w, https:\/\/davidedwinmeyers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/davo-2023-c-gs-500x500.png 500w, https:\/\/davidedwinmeyers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/davo-2023-c-gs-800x800.png 800w, https:\/\/davidedwinmeyers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/davo-2023-c-gs-600x600.png 600w, https:\/\/davidedwinmeyers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/davo-2023-c-gs-100x100.png 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 885px) 100vw, 885px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">About the Artist<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>An artist, creative problem solver, and dedicated mentor, David Edwin Meyers has embraced the power and awe-inspiring possibilities that digital technologies provide to the&nbsp;<em>individual<\/em>&nbsp;since the launch of the Apple MacIntosh and dawn of the GUI.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Meyers\u2019 experience includes leading the creative visions at boutique and mid-sized&nbsp;creative houses which developed some of the first commercial websites and UX practices in the Midwest.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/davidedwinmeyers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/tinkleman_passa-1024x658.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-183\" width=\"554\" height=\"356\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p>His instructors and mentors included illustration legends and New York Society of Illustrators Hall-Of-Famers\u00a0<strong><em>Joe Bowler<\/em><\/strong>,\u00a0<strong><em>David Passalacqua<\/em><\/strong>,\u00a0<strong><em>Herbert Tauss<\/em><\/strong>,\u00a0<strong><em>David Grove<\/em><\/strong>,\u00a0<strong><em>Bob Peak<\/em><\/strong>, and\u00a0<strong><em>Murray Tinkelman<\/em><\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As an illustrator, his works appeared among the first digitally-created artworks appearing in print, in the early issues of\u00a0<strong><em>MacWorld (1985)<\/em><\/strong>, just after the introduction of the Mac. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He has had creative positions at global corporations and was the owner of two digital production firms. Specializing in the entertainment, technology, and philanthropical industries, his clients have included&nbsp;<strong><em>Paul McCartney<\/em><\/strong>,&nbsp;<strong><em>The Academy of Television Arts and Sciences<\/em><\/strong>,&nbsp;<strong><em>The Grand Ole Opry<\/em><\/strong>,&nbsp;<strong><em>Microsoft<\/em><\/strong>,&nbsp;<strong><em>HP<\/em><\/strong>,&nbsp;<em>and more<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>His fine art paintings and films have appeared in juried exhibitions and private collections around the world. As a young watercolorist, he corresponded with American artist and icon&nbsp;<strong><em>Andrew Wyeth<\/em><\/strong>. To this day, he continues to paint in a variety of traditional and digital mediums.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"658\" src=\"https:\/\/davidedwinmeyers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/wyeth_article-1024x658.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-164\" srcset=\"https:\/\/davidedwinmeyers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/wyeth_article-1024x658.png 1024w, https:\/\/davidedwinmeyers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/wyeth_article-300x193.png 300w, https:\/\/davidedwinmeyers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/wyeth_article-768x493.png 768w, https:\/\/davidedwinmeyers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/wyeth_article-500x321.png 500w, https:\/\/davidedwinmeyers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/wyeth_article-800x514.png 800w, https:\/\/davidedwinmeyers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/wyeth_article-600x386.png 600w, https:\/\/davidedwinmeyers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/wyeth_article.png 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>About the Artist An artist, creative problem solver, and dedicated mentor, David Edwin Meyers has embraced the power and awe-inspiring possibilities that digital technologies provide to the&nbsp;individual&nbsp;since the launch of the Apple MacIntosh and dawn of the GUI. 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