About the artist
David Warren has painted and drawn all his life.
At age four he received his first art lesson from
his aunt, who helped him observe the blue sky
and how it meets the earth at the horizon. His
school electives were art classes, and during his
senior year in high school he entered a regional
art competition and won first place awarding him
a full scholarship to Kilgore Junior College. He
later graduated with a BA in Art from Texas A &
M, Corpus Christi, also under full scholarship.
David was awarded the Who’s Who in Art in 1982
and made the Dean’s list.
Selected Collectors
The City of Bastrop, Texas
City Hall Permanent Display
Lost Pines Hyatt Regency Resort, Bastrop, Texas
Happy Horse Hotel, Cedar Creek, Texas
Texas Eye Associates, Houston, Texas
Collection dispersed
The Menil Collection, Houston, Texas
Exhibition Models 1986 – 1994
Walter Hopps’ Estate, Houston, Texas
Clyde Clardy Jr., Cedar Creek, Texas
Keri Artzt, Alpine, Texas
Carlene & Henry Tomlin, Bastrop, Texas
Faith & Dewayne Perry, Austin, Texas
Nancy Knight, Wimberly, Texas
Kelley Amen Designs, Houston, Texas
Martha Claire Tompkins, Houston, Texas
Debby Breckeen, Houston, Texas / Mexico
William Lassiter, Houston, Texas
Salley Vaughn, Houston, Texas
Bob Butler – Sonny Burt, Dallas, Texas
Barbara & William Bergen, Alexander, Arkansas
Nancy & Paul Saliterman, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Bruce Fields, Bryce Canyon, Utah
Exhibition History
Kiowa Art Gallery, Alpine, Texas Ongoing
Mary Nichols Art Center, Smithville, Texas Ongoing
Bastrop Fine Arts Guild Ongoing
Leapin' Lizard Studio & Gallery, Terlingua January 2008 - August 2011
Texas
Austin Bergstrom International Airport May - July 2010
Featuring Lost Pines Artisans Alliance
Lost Pines Center for Cancer Care March 2010
Bastrop, Texas
More Big Bend Views
Mary Nichols Art Center, Smithville, Texas April 2009
Lost Pines Artisans Alliance
Nudes: The Body Unveiled
Mary Nichols Art Center, Smithville, Texas Fall 2008
Lost Pines Artisans Alliance
Inaugural Exhibition
Diva Terlingua Art Gallery, Terlingua, Texas March - December 2007
Bastrop Fine Arts Guild, Bastrop, Texas
Big Bend: Intimate Views September 2007
Wilhelmi Holland Gallery, Corpus Christi, Texas
MasXmas December 2006
Bastrop Fine Arts Guild, Bastrop, Texas
Big Bend: Where the Sky & Earth Meet April 2006
Bastrop Fine Arts Guild, Bastrop, Texas
Portraits of Bastrop September 2004
Bastrop Fine Arts Guild, Bastrop, Texas
For the Birds April 2003
YMCA Art Park, Corpus Christi, Texas
James Surls & David Warren Summer, 1994
Contemporary Arts Museum, Houston, Texas
Out of This World March – May 1994
Wilhelmi Holland Gallery, Corpus Christi, Texas
Scene May – June 1993
Arlington Museum of Art, Arlington, Texas
Sit, Stand and Wonder Dec – January 1993
Wilhelmi Holland Gallery, Corpus Christi, Texas
The Red & The Green Dec – January 1992
Diverse Works, Houston, Texas
Out! May – June 1991
Visual Collision Gallery, Houston, Texas
Mute Jan – February 1990
Visual Collision Gallery, Houston, Texas
911 Aug – Sept. 1989
Blue Star Art Complex, San Antonio, Texas
Furniture and Appliances July 1987
Gallery on Waugh, Houston, Texas
Furniture May 1987
All images copyright protected, DavidWarrenDesigns, 2002- 2012©
The artist with a poster enlargement of his Purple Prickly Pear Bloom shown in Austin Bergstrom International Airport.
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David Warren lives and works outside Bastrop,
Texas in the Lost Pines region. Nature is his
inspiration, with his recent focus on a floral
series of watercolors. He also creates ceramics
fashioned after botanical examples of the
Chihuahuan desert.
During the next twelve years, David worked for
commercial art galleries and then for The Menil
Collection (1986-1994), in Houston, Texas. He
traveled extensively throughout Europe, East
Asia, and Latin America, and experienced
opportunities to courier artwork on loan from
the Menil Collection to and from other
international venues.
The painting below was inspired from the artist's trip to Bavaria
and Austria at age 16. This watercolor was part of the winning
portfolio for a two year college scholarship.
Monastery in Bavaria, 1979 Private Collection
Acknowledgements
This listing is most likely incomplete. My apologies to anyone left out. Please contact me to
update it accordingly.
I want to thank all my teachers in High School and College, most of all Daphne Lillienstern, Gary
Frields and Bob Klau.
Thank you to everyone who has ever assisted me in my pursuit of being a full time artist.
Margaret Anderson Art supplies and general support
Karel Danford Art supplies after the fire
James Hou Shelving for the studio and general support
Sue Krsak Maple shelving system for the studio
Russell Kyle Framing assistance, studio furnishings and support
Mary Long Studio AC and photography support
Karol Rice Publicity and photography support
Miriam Smith Overhead projector and Mat Cutter
Judy & Vic Vreeland Art supplies after the fire
Patricia Brady Warren My first art lessons
Paula Warren Grandmother's kiln
Jo Watts Ceramics guidance and support
CERF+ Craftsman's Emergency Relief Fund for my replacement kiln and ceramic supplies after
the fire