David Hunter Biography

A native of Central Florida, David Hunter inherited his father’s artistic talent and began to draw at an early age. Although he has worked in oil, acrylic and watercolor for some time, he discovered his strong attraction for pen and ink while illustrating his microscopic findings for his master’s thesis in biology.

The young artist began exhibiting his drawings in 1977 and found an encouraging response to his highly individualistic style and subject matter. The following year he added a new dimension to his work by acquiring etching presses and producing original prints. The accuracy, devotion to detail and involvement that made his pen and ink drawings, unique now characterize each of his etchings. He feels the additional techniques available in making an etched plate give him a wider range of possibilities to better express his artistic creativity.

Hunter has won an array of awards in numerous shows and has given one-man exhibitions in many cities of the southeastern United States. His work is included in several corporate collections.