The paintings of David Nielsen appeal to viewers on many different levels. Although well into his 50s, the artist strives to continue to perceive the world with a child-like vision. His sense of color is basic and his forms are abstract and intellectual.

The appeal of his work is immediate and widely shared, as is testified by his art being represented in personal and corporate collections throughout Atlanta, Georgia and the Southeast. He has shown in Atlanta, Savannah, Rome and Gulfport, Mississippi, and has been the recipient of grants from the Florida Artist in Residence program, the City of Atlanta, and the Fulton County Arts Council. He is a graduate of Florida State University where he earned a masters degree in Fine Art, Painting and Drawing.

For over a decade. Nielsen was a gallery dealer for Georgia artist Steve Penley at Tula in Atlanta’s Bennett Street art district. In 2006, he opened his own Buckhead gallery, the David Gallery and Painting Exchange, with a dual purpose. One was to provide a venue for the re-sale of previously owned art from owners who were downsizing or making room for new art. In one half of his gallery, Nielsen exhibits pre-owned art from internationally known art superstars, such as Picasso, Chihuly and Goya, to name a few, as well as Georgia artists, including Don Cooper, Todd Murphy, Dennis Campay, Steve Penley and Howard Finster among others.

The other half of the David Gallery is devoted to original art, with a special emphasis on Georgia artists – names like Diane Kirkland, Janet Gannon and John Garrity.

“We need to honor Georgia artists and bring them to the forefront of America,” says Nielsen. “We have painters here that are as good as you will fine anywhere.”

To view 16 of David Nielsen’s own paintings, click on the image above. To read more about his unique gallery, visit the David Gallery and Painting Exchange website.

Other Links

• Read what gallery visitors had to say about Steve Penley’s Studies for the Reconstruction of America show at linstrum+matre Artworks.
• See a Brown’s Guides Gallery of Howard Finster art.

ELIZABETH D’ANGELO may be the only artist in Georgia who has work represented in five shows or exhibits going on at the same time this month: There’s her one-person exhibition at Callanwolde continuing through March 27; she is well represented in The Museum of Contemporary Art of Georgia “MOCA GA Salutes the Rising Movers & Shakers of the Georgia Art Scene” that goes through the 21st; she has a piece in the Swan Coach House show, “Scratching the Surface,” that opened on the 5th, the curator of which is Marianne Lambert, one of the most knowledgeable and well-connected players in the Atlanta art scene; her work is currently featured at the Pavilion, a retail space in the Studioplex lofts at 659 Auburn Avenue in Atlanta’s historic old Fourth Ward; and this show in the Brown’s Guide Gallery.

In addition, on March 2, Art Papers Editor-at-Large Jerry Cullum wrote a complimentary post about her in his blog, Counterforces and Other Little Jokes, saying that her use of the phrase “Artichoke Heart” in two of the titles of her paintings that are included at Callanwolde and in the Gallery here was a fitting symbol for her “artichoke-layered imagination.” (more…)