First Draft
Certificate of Excellence, Portrait Society of America, International Portrait Competition, March 2018
The BoldBrush Award, BoldBrush Painting Competition, August 2017, Juror Tony Pro
6th Award of Merit, Portrait Society of America, Member Only Competition, 2015
Accepted into the Savvy Art Competition, November 2017
Favorite 15%, BoldBrush Painting Competition, August 2024
Waiting For The Light To Go On
Best Figure/Portrait PleinAir Salon February 2023
Finalist, Portrait Society of America, Member Only Competition, 2019 (Non-Commissioned Portrait Category)
Favorite 15%, BoldBrush Painting Competition, November 2018, August 2022
After The Match
Finalist, Portrait Society of America, Member Only Competition, 2019 (Outside The Box Category)
Favorite 15%, BoldBrush Painting Competition, October 2018
Michael at the Easel
Certificate of Excellence, Portrait Society of America, International Competition, May 2020
Favorite 15%, BoldBrush Painting Competition, August 2017
Finalist, Portrait Society of America, Member Only Competition, 2016 (Non-Commissioned Portrait category)
Portrait Of The Artist At The Easel
Finalist, Portrait Society of America Member Only Competition 2022 (Non-Commissioned Portrait)
Honorable Mention, The Artists Magazine’s 59th Annual Art Competition 2022
Favorite 15%, BoldBrush Painting Competition, March 2022, April 2022, August 2022, October 2022, January 2023
Chapin's Guitar
Favorite 15%, BoldBrush Painting Competition, September 2024
Home Cooking
Favorite 15%, BoldBrush Painting Competition, May 2020
Sicily: First Light In Lipari Harbor
Favorite 15%, BoldBrush Painting Competition, May 2020
Interlude
Favorite 15%, BoldBrush Painting Competition, September 2022
Study in White With Lemons
Finalist, Portrait Society of America, Member Only Competition, 2017 (Still-Life category)
The Sailor
Favorite 15%, BoldBrush Painting Competition, March 2018
Adam at the Kitchen Window
Finalist, Portrait Society of America, Member Only Competition, 2018 (Still-Life category)
Favorite 15%, BoldBrush Painting Competition, October 2017, September 2020, April 2022, August 2022
Accepted into the Savvy Art Competition, November 2017
Fiddler on the Balcony
Select 50, Portrait Society of America, International Competition, 2019
Finalist, Portrait Society of America, Member Only Competition, 2017 (Outside the Box category)
Favorite 15%, BoldBrush Painting Competition, May 2018, August 2022
Boy With Mandolin
Favorite 15%, BoldBrush Painting Competition, September 2022
2nd Place, BoldBrush Painting Competition, September 2021
Finalist, RayMar Fine Art Competition, January 2014
Measuring Up
Favorite 15%, BoldBrush Painting Competition, December 2023
Young Man In Gold Chains
Favorite 15%, BoldBrush Painting Competition, October 2023
Nude With Vase Collection
Finalist, Portrait Society of America, Member Only Competition, 2016 (Outside the Box category)
Afternoon In Provincetown
Finalist, PleinAir Salon, July 2023
The Mandolin Player
"Favorite 15%" BoldBrush Painting Competition, December 2024
Brandon & His Saxophone
"Favorite 15%" BoldBrush Painting Competition, December 2024 & May 2017
Sailors On The Nile
"Favorite 15%" BoldBrush Painting Competition, April 2023
Outdoor Painter
Honorable Mention, Bath County Plein-Air Festival Quick Draw, October 2016
Juror T.M. Nicholas
Late For Practice
"Favorite 15%" BoldBrush Painting Competition, March 2016
Finalist, The Artist's Magazine 33rd Annual Art Competition 2016
Favorite 15%, BoldBrush Painting Competition, August 2024
An Icepack & Chinese Takeout
5th Honorable Mention, Portrait Society of America, Member Only Competition, 2015
Accepted into the Savvy Art Competition, November 2017
Fit to be Tied
Award of Merit, Portrait Society of America, Member Only Competition, 2014
Finalist, RayMar Fine Art Competition, 2014; Juror Daniel Keys
Favorite 15%, BoldBrush Painting Competition, August 2024
Siesta
2nd Place, Portrait Society of America, Member Only Competition, 2012
Finalist, The Artist's Magazine Art 28th Annual Competition, 2012; Juror Robert Liberace
Juror Selected, Oil Painters of American National Exhibition, 2013
Finalist, RayMar Fine Art Competition, 2011
"Favorite 15%" BoldBrush Painting Competition, July 2024
The Red Bandana
"Favorite 15%" BoldBrush Painting Competition, January 2014
Joe With the Morning Paper
Finalist, BoldBrush Painting Competition, August 2013
Painting Phillip Skaggs of Richmond Ballet
Featured as the "Classic Moment" in Fine Art Connoisseur April 2014
Self-Portrait
Grand Prize Winner
American Artist Magazine Cover Competition 2012
Featured on cover of American Artist Magazine, September 2012
Awarded Honorable Mention 2nd Placement
Portrait Society of America, Member Only Competition 2012 (Self-Portrait category)
Derek: Contemplation in the Studio
Selected as Finalist, Raymar Art 6th Annual Fine Art Competition, April 2012
"There is a lot of emotion in this painting. I love the color and how it really speaks about an artist to an artist. It's the never ending thoughtful gaze of artist that really speaks to me because I have been here and you can really get the emotion that David has put into this. I love the composition as well."
-Competition Judge Tony Pro
Awarded 3rd Merit, Portrait Society of America, Member Only Competition 2012
Selected as Finalist, PleinAir Salon, November/December 2011
"Favorite 15%" BoldBrush Painting Competition, July 2024
Morocco: La Place
The Marketplace in Marrakech
Judge's Choice Award, 2nd Annual Artists Supporting the Arts Gala, October 23, 2010:
"A wonderfully evocative scene of everyday North African life—of the bustle and color in a contemporary Moroccan bazaar. The artist's handling of color and atmosphere is really masterful, right on the money..."
-Guest Judge, Jeff Harrison, Chief Curator of American & Contemporary Art, Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, Virginia.
By the Fireside
Favorite 15%, BoldBrush Painting Competition, August 2020
3rd Place, PleinAir Salon, September-October 2011 hosted by PleinAir Magazine
Featured in Spring 2012 issue of PleinAir Magazine
Selected as Finalist, Raymar Art 5th Annual Fine Art Competition, 2011 International:
"The freshness of this painting is striking, with its exciting color and confident brushwork. The angled figure is so well painted that I actually feel the weight of the man relaxing in his chair. Don't miss the angle of the pillow emphasizing this—it is the inclusion of just such a detail that so perfectly defines this moment—the mood, the place, the time." - Competition Judge Kate Palmer
The Laundry Line
2nd Place Award, Portrait Expressions Regional Competition November 2011
(Virginia, Maryland, Delaware, and District of Columbia)
Honorable Mention, Oil Painters of America Online Showcase, 2012
Favorite 15%, BoldBrush Painting Competition, October 2022, October 2023
Young Man in Straw Hat (Plein-Air Figure)
Honorable Mention, Plein-Air Richmond, June 2012
Judge: Everett Raymond Kinstler
Musicians In A Havana Nightclub
"Favorite 15%" BoldBrush Painting Competition, April 2024
Study of 17th Street Richmond
Honorable Mention, Plein Air Richmond, June 2014
The Virginia House
Honorable Mention, Plein Air Richmond, June 2016; Juror Kathy Anderson
Outbuildings at Tuckahoe Plantation
Honorable Mention, Plein Air Richmond, June 2017; Juror Peter Trippi
Miscellaneous:
Best Portfolio Recipient:
5th Place, Portrait Society of America, The Art of the Portrait Annual Conference, 2016
2nd Place, Portrait Society of America, The Art of the Portrait Annual Conference, 2015
