Notes, walls and works in progress

6 Nov 2026

Introducing A Vintage of Your Own

David is pleased to announce a new commission offering: a personalized, hand-colored original work of art built around the wine your loved one loves, finished with a custom label painted into the bottle.

27 Jun 2013

At work on private mural

Weeks of scaffolding, a wall in progress, and the first fields of color going up.

30 Apr 2013

Grand Opening of my new Gallery space

The inaugural exhibition is Energy Beside Itself — the thirteenth installment of an ongoing show about energy and synergy.

30 Apr 2013

Property Committee meeting tonight

Tonight was the city property committee meeting where the talk was about the plinth. invited to address the committee was Matthew Grove who designed the plinth. He and I spoke prior to the meeting in the hallway and…

12 May 2012

Please help me fight this citation

Dear friends and fellow creatives: This morning I woke up at 3 am to my mind racing with the concept of asking people to financially fight the citation given to me by Martinsburg’s City Hall (aka. the Mayor and City…

11 May 2012

Potty boy speaks at City Council again

The Toilet Bandit (that’s me) spoke to Martinsburg City Council meeting tonight. This time I was presenting another idea on top of the idea presented last month of having contemporary sculpture on the now vacant…

22 Apr 2012

Sculpture Examples for City Square

A presentation to City Council: put a contemporary sculpture on the empty pedestal, and let the public vote on it.

22 Apr 2012

Made a stink in town and nationally with a Toilet

Many people have read about my caper with the toilet in the city square here in Martinsburg, WV. I thought I would place here in my blog a number of the links to the articles for posterity and for those that haven’t…

29 Mar 2012

Newest article from the Herald Mail!

Here is a great article from the Herald Mail about the unveiling of the mural, I am currently working on, April 21st in Martinsburg. It’s going to be a blast! Come all ye with good throwing arms!

13 Feb 2012

I was listed as number 6 of the “Latest, Greatest Artists” according to HumanAnswers.net!

WOW! I just found out that I was numbered 6 of one of HumanAnswers.net(s) “Latest, Greatest Artists” at least according to their article: “Who are some of the Latest, Greatest Artists?” I guess I better work harder!

5 Feb 2012

Newest work “Light at the End of the Tunnel”

Light At The End Of The Tunnel In 2010 I was visiting an antique center in Berkeley Springs. At the center I found a warped cardboard print of a work of art by Robert Wood dated 1956. I purchased the piece with the…

5 Feb 2012

“Hole Different Dimension” sold

Hole Different Dimension Created back in 2004 this piece was one of my most successful 3D images. With the polarizing glasses the viewer is drawn into the painting primarily through use of the rich deep blues…

18 May 2010

Discovering Australian Aboriginal art paintings

When I was a kid I learned a little about Aboriginal art but it didn’t really do anything for my art at that time. It was beautiful and very interesting to look at but at that time it was just art, just pretty…

10 Mar 2010

Talked with a Jehovah’s Witness today

I just wanted to share that a woman called me today about The Main Artery magazine which I haven’t published in over a year now. The conversation was great and i thank God for having her call. We talked about so much.…

24 Dec 2009

Welcome to my blog

Hello guest welcome to my imagination realm! Herein you will find various works of art that I am trying to put in order by their date of creation for my own cataloging. You will also find some other conceptualizations…

22 Dec 2009

Waterlilies in 3-D

Not to much to say about this painting except “It worked!” I drew it out with a huge goal in 2007 and then it sat in my studio for nearly a year. It was on the outside of my pile of uncompleted canvases that I go…

25 Sep 2009

New concepts in consideration

Well, I am working again on more community collaborative project ideas and they are taking a lot of my mind time. In addition to this I am entering an architectural design/concept into a show for architectural ideas in…

30 Aug 2009

Landscape Unraveled

“The Lanscape Unraveled” was a fun piece to create because of the many challenges that it presented me with. I think that the painting was successful. Of course it works great with the 3-D glasses. FOR SALE: 36″ x…

6 Feb 2009

ANOTHER ARTIST CONNECTION MADE

I am happy to announce that a connection was made with a new artist creating work similiar to my work and so many other artists that i have exhibited in the past 10 years or more. Here are excerpts from our…

4 Feb 2009

CONTOVERSIAL OPINION: THIS ARTIST SAYS “NO!” TO STIMULUS PACKAGE FOR THE ARTS

On January 20, 2009, a petition calling on the new Obama administration to create a stimulus package for the arts was launched by the Foreign Policy In Focus (FPIF) a Washington D.C. think tank in alliance with the…

4 Feb 2009

Another Controversial stance.

The following is a request made by David Whol, AAWV President to other Arts Advocacy West Virginia Board members (David is also the Dean of College of Arts and Humanities West Virginia State University). This request…

2 Feb 2009

A Hole Different Dimension

A Hole Different Dimension This is still one of my favorites but it is also a favorite of the public. It is engaging and just drags you in with and without the 3-D glasses.

2 Feb 2009

This was something that I wrote for a show that i curated.

Arts & Humanities Alliance of Jefferson County, WV – [Cached Version] Published on: 3/31/2006 Last Visited: 3/8/2008 David Heatwole, editor of The Main ARTery, will curate an art show dedicated to animals, October 7 –…

2 Feb 2009

West Virginia Art Education Association Conference

The following was printed and posted online for art educators or West Virginia who were attending the West Virginia Arts Education Assocation Annual Conference. WVAEA 2008 Conference was held this year at the Newly…

1 Dec 2008

Long Live Your Liver

“Long Live Your Liver” This is a very unique painting for me where I’ve created a piece similiar in style to what I used to create before focusing on creating work that explores the topics of energy & synergy. So why…

21 Nov 2008

NEW WORK ON DISPLAY

Just wanted to share that I have new dribblings currently on display at Good Natured in Martinsburg on Raleigh Street and my newest 3-D painting (not even photographed yet) called “The Blood Rose” on display at The…

5 Nov 2008

I VOTED IN 2008

So there was another race to be the U.S. President, and yes once again the U.S. was in a flurry of activity. Active supporters out campaigning on behalf of a sole “miracle” worker, one who promises to make all the…

4 Nov 2008

Part 1 of the Energy Art Explosion video

A couple years ago I organized a series of exhibits that took place all around Martinsburg West Virginia for one day along with a grand finale at the historic Entler Hotel in Shepherdston. The exhibitors were Jim…

1 Nov 2008

Guest Lecturer

I was honored to be invited to be the guest speaker at the 2008 West Virginia Art Education Fall Conference hosted at Shepherd University. I spoke about the power of Community Collaborations and what i have done with…

31 Oct 2008

AWARD at Waterford’s Red Barn Art Exhibit

A surprising win for a contemporary piece titled “Buddha Goove” This piece was a large scratchboard drawing which did not fit inot the exhibit whatsoever but came away with a 3rd Place award in the Mixed Media…

23 Oct 2008

I’m back from Create West Virginia conference

My display at the CreateWV conference I just got back from the CREATE WEST VIRGINIA conference at West Virginia’s popular Snowshow Resort. It was an amazing experience meeting like minded creative people who want to…

15 Oct 2008

Learning to paint

Here is a collection of work from when I came out of college and went straight into creating work for my first two-man show with my father at the famous Pen dragon Gallery in Anapolis Maryland. The work that i exhibited…

15 Oct 2008

Art from my College Thesis

When i went to NOVA’s Alexandria campus for art I no idea whether or not i really wanted to be an illustrator. I just wanted to make art. I also took design classes. I knew that I loved viewing good designs and I was…

4 Sep 2008

‘Harmonic Dissonance’ at the Blue Elephant

Article featured in the Frederick News Post originally published September 04, 2008 published to recognize the 2-man show at the Blue Elephant Art Center in Frederick. The artists exhibiting were myself (David F.…

4 Jun 2006

Palettes as community collaborations

In Martinsburg 2006 a community project was developed whereas artists get a 4′ sized palette to transform into a work of art. To help start this off with a bang I created 3 different creations one per each of my pen…

1 Mar 2006

Gatekeeper Guardswell

This piece titled “Gatekeeper Guardswell” was first called “Stained Glass Reality” and still has that as a subtitle as it does say what I was thinking when I created this piece. It was the second piece started…

26 Jan 2006

“He’s Got it All” painting – “Hats Off” poem

This painting titled “He’s Got it All” was a piece dedicated to my wife. It was part of a solo exhibit in Martinsburg WVa in December 0f 2005 at the Daily Grind on Foxcroft Ave. I held a writing contest whereas…

24 Jan 2006

For Thou Art The True Nourishment

During Christmas of 2006 I created this piece based on a very famous spiritual painting that I do not know who to give credit to but it has been an inspiration to me in many ways. I hope you like what i did with it.…

6 Oct 2005

Still life – My first complete 3-D painting

This painting, which is only about 16″ x 20″, was my first fully completed 3-D painting after the initial study that i sent to my patrons in California.

6 Oct 2003

Enlightened by the Son

This was one of my first 3-D illusionary paintings but honestly I didn’t know fully what i was doing yet. This piece is 30″ x 40″ oil on canvas

10 May 2003

The Dawning

The Dawning is another piece having to do with my personal faith in God and being part of the Holy Catholic Apostolic Orthodox Church. This piece has to do with finding my wife and at the same time finally finding what…