After more than three decades as a dedicated science teacher in Montgomery County, Maryland,  I have found, in retirement, the time and opportunity to pursue my creative dreams of becoming an artist.  As a quasi- renaissance man, I have indulged in a number of creative talents and interests over the years including singing and playing folk music, wood carving, knitting and illustration work. I even made my wife's wedding dress! 

Because of retirement, I have the time to experiment with traditional fine arts such as acrylic/oil painting, water colors, and pen and ink drawing. It was during this time that I discovered I had a particular penchant for pointillism (forgive the alliteration). Now, thanks to retirement, I spend 6-8 hours a day in the studio experimenting and developing any artistic flair I may possess.  And here is where my years as a science teacher come in to play.  I tend to approach each picture with "an experimental eye" as I collect data, apply analysis, and, hopefully, learn from lots of mistakes.  This is why I decided to call my portfolios "Organic and Inorganic Studies," sort of an homage to my science roots. Pointillism involves placing thousands of ink dots on a paper to eventually render a drawn image.  Dark areas require many dots very close together.  The "grayer" the image the fewer dots with increased spacing. Recently I have begun to seriously explore traditional oil painting techniques and have been spending most of my studio time finding out my limits as an oil painter. So far I am enjoying painting human and animal portraits.

My  current body of work examines icons and figures from popular culture and the wonderful diversity of nature in an attempt to archive a visual representation of my fondest memories. Enjoy.

Peace, 

David Frye