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SPOTLIGHT on
David Lobenberg by HEATHER L. NELSON
Beginning his studies in meteorology at UCLA in the ’60s, the horrors of integral calculus and quantum mechanical physics soon steered David Lobenberg toward the College of Letters and Art. With a packed portfolio of drawings at the end of the semester, he was accepted into their art program where he’d earn his bachelor’s and master’s degrees. “I discovered I was smitten with watercolor at the age of 16, after my parents signed me up for a class taught by Richard Yip who painted ‘wet on wet’—a very difficult and lovely technique,” shares Lobenberg. “There are precious few options to correct or make color changes with watercolor; and, when mastered, the medium has a beautiful, spontaneous, and translucent life to it.” Previously exhibiting his work at Elliott Fouts Gallery and Archival Gallery, the artist now sells most of his work through portraiture commissions and via his online California Vibe School of Watercolor™ art courses and Zoom workshops. He’s also been featured in prominent publications—including Southwest Art and Watercolor Artist—and served as an on-air expert at the KVIE Art Auction since its first broadcast in 1998. HLN: WHAT IS YOUR ARTISTIC STYLE? DL: I work in pencil, charcoal, acrylic, and—within the past five years—mostly watercolor. I especially like portraiture and have developed a very expressive, colorful, and energetic style that I’ve coined California Vibe Watercolor Portraiture™. I’ve conducted workshops on this across the U.S.
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