Dave Merrick

For the theatre producer, see David Merrick.

David Louis Merrick (born December 8, 1952, in Keokuk, Iowa) is an internationally published artist specializing in oil-on-canvas and oil and acrylic on artboard, portraiture of both people and wildlife. Many of his published wildlife pieces have become some of America's most popular animal imagery.

Dave's career as an artist began as recently as 1989 after working a variety of jobs, which included building cabins and riding the rails as a brakeman. Rediscovering his talent for art, Dave worked briefly for a design studio, but his growing popularity soon forced him to devote more of his time to outside commissions.

Since opening his own studio in Colorado, Dave has done several portraits in the private and commercial sector nationally and abroad, and has also been commissioned to do wall murals for several well-known organizations (including Hilton Hotels, Kraft Foods, etc.). He currently has more original work in the Pro-Rodeo Hall of Fame than any other artist. He has done pieces of and for many celebrities including; United States presidents, movie stars, and nearly all of the most famous cowboys of the 20th-century. Some of his subjects and/or clientele have included: Tom Selleck, Burt Reynolds, Disney Studios, MGM, Western Horseman Magazine, The Franklin Mint, The Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association, The State of Nebraska, The Holland Corp., Wrangler, Kellogg's, various banking organizations, Smith Music Company of Nashville TN, The University of Texas, The DuPont Registry, Nebraska's Coach Tom Osborne, Jim Shoulders, Larry Mahan, Lane Frost, Tuff Hedeman, Tom Ferguson, Fred Whitfield, Casey Tibbs, Merle Haggard, Roy Clark, Willie Nelson, Michael Martin Murphy and many others.

A lifesize painting of ‘Jesus the Christ’ was recently completed for the Crystal Cathedral's new building in Garden Grove, California.

External links

• Art.Com - Dave Merrick
• Dave Merrick - Official Website
• Promotional Overview Video

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