{"id":60778,"date":"2023-07-18T11:04:45","date_gmt":"2023-07-18T15:04:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/?p=60778"},"modified":"2023-07-18T11:04:45","modified_gmt":"2023-07-18T15:04:45","slug":"shop-talk-david-v-eckert-art","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/arts\/shop-talk-david-v-eckert-art\/","title":{"rendered":"Shop Talk: David V. Eckert Art"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_60771\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-60771\" class=\"wp-image-60771\" src=\"https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Shop-Talk-3-David-V.-Eckert-Art-David-V.-Eckert-copy.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"414\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-60771\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">David V. Eckert<\/p><\/div>\n<p>David Eckert has earned degrees in printing technology, hotel restaurant management, marketing and cosmetology. After working in a number of these fields, there was still something missing from his life. The answer was painting. \u201cNow I paint seven to eight hours a day, six days a week,\u201d he says.<\/p>\n<p>When he was 13, during an emotional landscape painting lesson, a technical illustration professor at Ferris State University made an impression on Eckert that still informs his artistic technique. \u201cHe threw his paintbrush down and yelled that if I wanted my painting to look identical to its subject, I may as well take a photo,\u201d Eckert says.<\/p>\n<p>Today, he says, having someone relate in a meaningful way to his work is worth more than a million dollars.<\/p>\n<p><em>David V. Eckert Art is located at the Marquee on 36 Foundy Street in downtown Asheville. 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