Acrylic

"Compass"

"Compass", 2012, Acrylics on Canvas, 24 x 36 in., by David Jay Spyker

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2012
Acrylic on Canvas
24 x 36 in.

art, painting, acrylics, seagulls, gulls, birds, sky, flying, flight

"Compass", 2012, Acrylics on Canvas, detail, by David Jay Spyker

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"One Last Summer"

"One Last Summer", 2012, Acrylics on Canvas Mounted on Panel, 12 x 20 in., by David Jay Spyker

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2012
Acrylic on Canvas Mounted on Hardboard
12 x 20 in.
Collection of the Carnegie Center for the Arts, Three Rivers, Michigan

In memory of the artist’s mother, Mary Spyker (1945-2011)

art, painting, beach, sand, dunes, seascape, Lake Michigan, landscape, shore

"Steam Engine"

"Steam Engine", 2011, Acrylics on Canvas, 24 x 40 in., by David Jay Spyker

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2011
Acrylic on Canvas
24 x 40 in.

Honorable Mention, Michiana Annual Artist Competition (11th MAAC), Box Factory for the Arts; St. Joseph, Michigan (2013)

art, painting, beach, sand, lake michigan, shore, seascape, landscape, nuclear reactor

"Inlet"

"Inlet", 2011, Acrylics on Canvas, 14 x 18in., by David Jay Spyker

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2011
Acrylic on Canvas
14 x 18 in.

art, painting, water, lake, seascape, sailboat, pier

"Amputee"

"Amputee", 2011, Acrylics on Canvas, 18 x 24 in., by David Jay Spyker

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2011
Acrylic on Canvas
18 x 24 in.

art, painting, seagulls, gulls, beach, sand, birds, stick, twig

 

"Cradle"

"Cradle", 2011, Acrylics on Canvas, 13 x 49 in., by David Jay Spyker

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First Place, 2012, Carnegie Center for the Arts, Regional Fine Arts Competition; Three Rivers, Michigan

Second Place, 2012, Michiana Annual Artist Competition (10th MAAC), Box Factory for the Arts;
St. Joseph, Michigan

art, painting, boats, rowboat, water, seascape, sea, lake, fog, waves, museum, collection

"Cradle", 2011, Acrylics on Canvas, Detail, by David Jay Spyker

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2011
Acrylic on Canvas
13 x 49 in.

Collection of the Kalamazoo Institute of Arts, Kalamazoo, Michigan

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"One Hour, October"

"One Hour, October", 2011, Acrylics on Canvas Mounted on Board, 10 x 8 in., by David Jay Spyker

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2011
Acrylic on Canvas Mounted on Board
10 x 8 in.

art, painting, clouds, cloudscape, sky, sunset, sun, rays

"Running"

"Running", 2010, Acrylics on Canvas, 18 x 24 in., by David Jay Spyker

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2010
Acrylic on Canvas
18 x 24 in.

art, painting, water, lake, storm, sea, rain, sailboat

"Until There Is Nothing Left"

"Until There Is Nothing Left", 1999, Acrylics on Canvas Mounted on Hardboard, 7 x 7 in., by David Jay Spyker

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1999
Acrylic on Canvas Mounted on Hardboard
8 x 13 in.

art, painting, desert, wrecking ball

"Inland"

"Inland", 2010, Acrylics on Hardboard, 8 x 13 in., by David Jay Spyker

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2010
Acrylic on Hardboard
8 x 13 in.

art, painting, clouds, water, lake, wave, after storm

"Lines"

"Lines", 2010, Acrylics on Hardboard, 9 x 12 in., by David Jay Spyker

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2009
Acrylic on Hardboard
5 x 7 in.

art, painting, water, waves, sea, lake

"Breaking"

"Breaking", 2010, Acrylics on Paper Mounted on Hardboard, 9 x 12 in., by David Jay Spyker

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2010
Acrylic on Paper Mounted on Hardboard
12 x 9 in.

art, painting, clouds, sky, storm

"Threat"

"Threat", 2010, Acrylics on Paper Mounted on Hardboard, 9 x 12 in., by David Jay Spyker

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2010
Acrylic on Paper Mounted on Hardboard
9 x 12 in.

art, painting, clouds, sky, storm

"Rain Storm Off South Haven"

"Rain Storm Off South Haven", 2010, Acrylics on Canvas, 5 x 7 in., by David Jay Spyker

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2010
Acrylic on Canvas
5 x 7 in.

art, painting, lake michigan, shore, water, waves, surf, dusk, sunset

"Approaching Storm (A Landscape Study)"

"Approaching Storm (A Landscape Study)", 2009, Acrylics on Canvas, 7 x 9 in., by David Jay Spyker

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2009
Acrylic on Canvas
7 x 9 in.
Private Collection: Ceresco, Michigan

art, painting, rain, clouds, distant hills, grass, grassy field

"Flow"

"Flow", 2006, Acrylics on Canvas, 20 x 24 in., by David Jay Spyker

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2006
Acrylic on Canvas
20 x 24 in.

; award, art, painting, waterfalls, stone, building, water, mist

Martin Maddox Prize for Imaginative Realist Painting, 2006, Kalamazoo Area Show, Kalamazoo Institute of Arts; Kalamazoo, Michigan

"Vessels"

"Vessels", 2008, Acrylics on Canvas, 30 x 42 in., by David Jay Spyker

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2008
Acrylic on Canvas
30 x 42 in.

, art, painting, boats, rowboats, long, waterfalls, mist, fog, water

"Twilight in the Wood"

"Twilight in the Wood", 2010, Acrylics on Canvas, 18 x 14 in., by David Jay Spyker

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2010
Acrylics on Canvas
18 x 14 in.

dead, trees, twilight, dusk, forests, leaves

"Niagara"

"Niagara", 2009, Acrylic Wash, Drybrush, and Paint on Cotton Watercolor Paper, 8 1/2 x 5 1/2 in., by David Jay Spyker

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2009
Acrylic Wash, Drybrush, and Paint on Cotton Watercolor Paper
8 1/2 x 5 1/2 in.

waterfalls, falls, water, landscapes

"The Garden"

"The Garden", 2000, Acrylics on Canvas, 16 x 13 in., by David Jay Spyker

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2000
Acrylic on Canvas
16 x 13 in.
Private Collection: Unknown Collector

, art, painting, islands, apples, tree, mist, fog, water, lake, clouds

"Falling"

"Falling", 2005, Acrylics on Canvas, 10 x 8 in., by David Jay Spyker

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2005
Acrylic on Canvas
10 x 8 in.
Private Collection: Kalamazoo, Michigan

art, painting, leaf, fall, autumn, leaves, spider, still life, clouds, sky, seasons, cycle of life, mortality

"Someday"

"Someday", 2005, Acrylics on Hardboard, 3 15/16 x 5 15/16 in., by David Jay Spyker

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2005
Acrylic on Hardboard
3 15/16 x 5 15/16 in.
Private Collection: Kalamazoo, Michigan

, art, painting, landscape, water, dusk, twilight

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