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ARTIST DAVID CASTLE
Born, Lives & Works in Denver, Colorado

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DAVID'S "ARTIST" STATEMENT

Unofficially?

I know what I love and what I like to paint. I love geometric shapes -- the perfect ones being lines, squares and circles. I love color -- a bit of color theory research plus a lot of muse and intuition inform what I lay down on paper. I love the landscapes of our universe -- ocean and sky and the horizon line that they make, also trees and buildings and planets and mountains and nature's perfect dynamic symmetries. I like to paint all of these things, mostly making it all up as I go, either purely abstract or with a bit of the reality that I see. I paint these things mostly to just get them out of my head and outside of myself to someplace external -- onto cold paper and into the indifferent world.

 

Officially?

Award-winning artist David Castle paints abstractions infused with unexpectedly rich and vivid colors. His art is inspired by the variety of mountain and urban terrain he explores throughout extensive traveling in North America and his years of living, working, and traveling throughout Europe during his former career as a computer scientist.

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As a constant innovator and experimenter, David's painting process itself also inspires him nearly as much as the beloved trees and coastal sea-and-sky horizon lines that he experiences in his travels. David draws from his exposure to the colors and shapes of these very different places combining paper, brush, water and oil, color, air, surface tension and gravity to create each painting.

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Over the years, David has studied with a variety of artists in North America and has completed many large-scale commissions for corporate, public and private collections throughout the United States, Canada, Mexico, England and Australia.

DAVID'S BIO

Award-winning artist David Castle was born in Denver, Colorado in the autumn of 1967. After a typical, carefree suburban early childhood, David was uprooted to a farm in southern Missouri where he began his rather nomadic life.

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Following years of hard work on a rural farm - learning everything from how to castrate calves to how to grow organic asparagus - David next helped build the family log home in North Idaho, honing his skills for working with his hands. David finally escaped to college in Phoenix to study the computer sciences of the 1980’s. Upon graduating, and with multiple tech job offers across the USA, he chose his first career as a software engineer back in his native Colorado.

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During his time working for a tech consultancy, David developed software and then managed technology projects while based in Denver. Client projects required extensive travel in North America and culminated with relocating to live and work in Germany and Belgium for four years, working on developing some of Europe’s first private cellular systems. It was this experience in Europe that sparked and began to develop David’s love for art. In fact, his introduction to making art came when he lived in Brussels where he took his first painting class in 1993. Each Saturday, David (who spoke very little French) met with a painter (who spoke very little English) to learn the basics of watercolor painting. This was the beginning of exploring techniques and developing his own abstract styles over the next several decades.

Nearly a decade later and back in Denver, David’s high-tech job was eliminated and he began his second-career journey as a professional artist.

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Now, “mid-career”, David continues his journey as an artist, having lived in 6 US states, 3 countries, 25 homes and worked in over 10 artist studios. David explores the more perfect geometric shapes — squares and circles — further developing his techniques for making these shapes. David’s journey also continues to reveal how his inspirations influence his process, techniques and results.

​SELECTED SOLO & GROUP EXHIBITIONS

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  • Artburst Studios, Online Exhibitions (2023-2026)

  • A Path Unknown, D'art Gallery, Denver, CO (2024)

  • CWS Member's Show, Lakewood Cultural Center, Lakewood, CO (2021)

  • Alberta Street Gallery, Portland, OR (2019-2021)

  • 2019 PRIDE Exhibition, Multnomah Arts Center, Portland, OR (2019)

  • 19th Annual Portland Open Studios Tour, Portland, OR (2017)

  • Western Federation of Watercolor Societies 42nd Exhibition, Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art, Eugene, OR (2017)

  • Fine Arts Exhibit, Oregon State Fair, Salem, OR (2015, 2016)

  • New Directions Exhibition, Barrett Art Center, Poughkeepsie, NY (2015)

  • Spokane Watercolor Society Exhibit, Northwest Museum of Arts, Spokane, WA (2015)

  • San Diego Watercolor Society International Exhibit, SDWS Gallery, San Diego, CA (2015)

  • Rocky Mountain National Watermedia, Foothills Art Center, Golden, CO (2007, 2015)

  • The Pulse Project, The Empty Spaces Project Gallery, Putnam, CT (2015)

  • Dear Summer Exhibition, Millworks Artist Studios and Gallery, Columbus, OH (2015)

  • WAAL Motorists Exhibit, Motorists Insurance Building, Columbus, OH (2013, 2014)

  • WAAL – Spring Exhibit, High Road Gallery, Columbus, OH (2013, 2014)

  • Thumb Box, Ohio Art League Gallery, Columbus, OH (December, 2013)

  • Colorado Watercolor Society New Trends Exhibition, CoArt Gallery, Denver, CO (September, 2011)

  • Colorado Watercolor Society State Exhibition, Foothills Art Center, Golden, CO (April, 2011; Leon T. Hake Award)

  • Contemporary Painters Exhibit, Translations Gallery, Denver, CO (October, 2010)

  • New Trends Exhibition, Republic Plaza, Denver, CO (September, 2010; Honorable Mention Award)

  • International Watermedia XVI, Sangre de Cristo Arts Center, Pueblo, CO (August, 2009)

  • Colorado Watercolor Society State Exhibition, Colorado History Museum, Denver, CO (2009, 2010)

  • UnConventional, The Other Side Arts, Denver, CO (August, 2008)

  • See the New West Like a Local Exhibition, Denver International Airport, Denver, CO (2008)

  • Western Federation of Watercolor Societies 33rd Exhibition, Tubac Center for the Arts, Tubac, AZ (March, 2008)

  • High Plein Air Arts Exhibition, Colorado History Museum, Denver, CO (November, 2007)

  • Great 8 Exhibition, Wichita Center for the Arts, Wichita, KS (November, 2007)

  • Art on the River Exhibit, Art Students League of Denver, Denver, CO (October, 2007; Second Place Award)

  • Arizona Aqueous XXII, Tubac Art Center, Tubac, AZ (2007; Special Recognition Award)

  • Self Portrait, Evergreen Arts Center, Evergreen, CO (2007)

  • Abstraction v2.0, CORE New Art Space, Denver, CO (2006)

  • T Show, Andenken Gallery, Denver, CO (2006)

  • Republic Plaza Invitational, Republic Plaza Center, Denver, CO (2005)

  • International Small Works, Red Dot Fine Art, Santa Fe, NM (2004)

  • Diminutive Works, CORE New Art Space, Denver, CO (2003)

  • Mini Metallics, The Usher Group, Denver, CO (2003)

  • In the Garden, Lakewood Arts Council - South Union Gallery, Lakewood, CO (2003)

  • Exposure, Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art, Boulder, CO (2003)

 

SELECTED JURIED ART FESTIVALS

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  • Denver Arts Festival (2022-2023)

  • Downtown Denver Festival of the Arts (2003-11; Third Place Award, 2006; Best of Show Award, 2008)

  • Aspen Fine Arts Festival (2005-7)

  • Beaver Creek Arts Festival (2005-7)

  • Art in the Pearl Arts Festival - Portland, OR (2004-5)

 

CORPORATE COLLECTIONS

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  • Marriott Marquis Hotel, Houston, TX

  • Sandestin Hilton Resort & Spa - Miramar Beach, FL

  • Family Dentist Tree - Rochester, MN

  • Long & Page - Denver, CO

  • Community Banks - Colorado

  • Denver Public Library - Western History Permanent Collection - Denver, CO

  • Lincoln Medical Center - Englewood, CO

  • Park Meadows Medical Office - Englewood, CO

  • Rocky Mountain Children's Hospital - Denver, CO

  • WOW! Internet, Cable and Phone - Englewood, CO

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MEMBERSHIPS

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EDUCATION

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  • B.S., Computer Information Systems, DeVry University, Phoenix (1989)

  • Arts education at The Art Students League of Denver (2004-2011)

  • Colorado Master Gardener, CSU Cooperative Extension Service, Denver (2002-4)

© 2026 by David Castle

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