Artist: David Boatwright | Location: Charleston, SC
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Artist: David Boatwright | Location: Charleston, SC
Charleston, SC
After graduating from SF Art Institute as a painting major, Boatwright spent several years making short experimental films which he showed at many of the cinematheques in Europe. He returned to his home state of South Carolina in 1977 and received a National Endowment for the Arts individual artist grant to make documentary films in Charleston. He later became a graduate fellow at AFI film school in Los Angeles. He co-founded a film production company and directed over 100 commercials and made several documentaries.
While a filmmaker, Boatwright maintained an interest in studio painting and was fortunate to return to Charleston in 1984 as it began to expand culturally and demographically. There, he found he could support himself and a growing family by working as a designer, painter, filmmaker and musician.
Studio painting evolved into a sub-specialty as Boatwright began creating large murals and mural-like signs on many exteriors around the Lowcountry. In addition to the signs, he was also being commissioned to make murals and paintings for the interiors of restaurants and was able to sell studio pieces to collectors and commercial establishments.