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Drawing the Stories of Two Cultures

Drawing the Stories of Two Cultures ARTIST PROFILE--DAVID WHITE Lee Ann Woods between two cultures. At first glance artist David White seems a study in dichotomy. He has no formal training in art, yet adeptly depicts rural mountain settings in pencil and ballpoint. He grew up in the city of Knoxville, but draws farm animals as though he has known their every curve and nuance since childhood. Even his name suggests a departure from the expected, for Mr. White is a Black man. Mr. White's art, however, is not about polarities. His works represent a blending, a hope for harmony David White is a large, talkative man with a friendly smile and graying, cropped hair. He lives in Oak Ridge, Tennessee, with his family, which he calls his strength, and works in industrial painting and computer graphics at Oak Ridge National Laboratories. Since elementary school he has been interested in drawing, but it wasn't until he was well into adulthood that Mr. White began creating images with pen and pencil. He first embarked upon his passion by fashioning cartoons, and later moved to drawing images from photographs, making calendars, and finally creating and selling prints. David White grew up in the 1960s Mechanicsville in http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Appalachian Review University of North Carolina Press

Drawing the Stories of Two Cultures

Woods, Lee Ann
Appalachian Review , Volume 31 (2) – Jan 8, 2003
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ARTIST PROFILE--DAVID WHITE Lee Ann Woods between two cultures. At first glance artist David White seems a study in dichotomy. He has no formal training in art, yet adeptly depicts rural mountain settings in pencil and ballpoint. He grew up in the city of Knoxville, but draws farm animals as though he has known their every curve and nuance since childhood. Even his name suggests a departure from the expected, for Mr. White is a Black man. Mr. White's art, however, is not about polarities. His works represent a blending, a hope for harmony David White is a large, talkative man with a friendly smile and graying, cropped hair. He lives in Oak Ridge, Tennessee, with his family, which he calls his strength, and works in industrial painting and computer graphics at Oak Ridge National Laboratories. Since elementary school he has been interested in drawing, but it wasn't until he was well into adulthood that Mr. White began creating images with pen and pencil. He first embarked upon his passion by fashioning cartoons, and later moved to drawing images from photographs, making calendars, and finally creating and selling prints. David White grew up in the 1960s Mechanicsville in

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Published: Jan 8, 2003

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