about David Heatwole
David F. Heatwole is an 11th generation artisan and is the founder of Transcendental Arts Council aka. The Arts Collaborative.org. Not only is he a painter but he considers himself an Art Director for community collaborative art project. He considers art to be a wonderful tool for uniting people and to work as art therapy for individuals and communities alike. Many articles have been written about Heatwole and his mission both as an artistically as well as a father. Heatwole has won numerous awards for his art and was recently recognized with his wife as 2009′s ”Angels in Adoption” from West Virginia.
VanGogh self portrait
Below are some photographs from the making of a mural based on one of Vincent VanGogh's Self Portraits. This mural made of thousands of plastic bottle lids was installed on the side of Redbrick Gallery, LLC in Martinsburg, West Virginia. It is an example of one of David Heatwole's Masterpiece Art Kits that is designed to unite groups of people and beautify communities.
VanGogh Self Portait with bandaged ear
Photoshop proposal illustration for the Martinsburg Historic Preservation Review Commission
Sarah Sipperly and friend who went door to door in their neighborhood collecting lids for this project
Pasha separating lids into color collections
4-year-old Adam Heatwole working on mural
Barbara Cape and art instructor Barbara Smith help with glueing and cleaning lids on VanGogh mural
Final VanGogh mural installed on side of Redbrick Gallery in Martinsburg, WV
Blogroll
- More Community Collaborative art projects developed by David Heatwole Learn more about Transcendental Arts Council aka. The Arts Collaborative and past Community Collaborative art projects developed by David Heatwole
- Put A Lid On It project blog click here to learn more about Put A Lid On It projects
