Artist has deep ties to Lake Powell
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David Drummond, a watercolorist who is highly acclaimed and widely recognized for his realistic watercolors of Lake Powell and western landscapes is the Artist of the Month at the John Wesley Powell Museum. His work will continue to be on display through the end of September.
Drummond and his wife Priscilla split their time between Page and Albuquerque, N.M.,
Drummond’s career as a watercolorist began while earning a PhD in physics. He painted and sold his watercolor paintings as a way to make ends meet. After earning his PhD, he became a physicist with the U.S. Air Force. He resigned from the Air Force in 1986 so he could paint full time. He earned his American Watercolor Society membership in 1986 and Watercolor West membership in 1987.
Drummond’s first lessons in painting came when he was in third grade, as a way to occupy him and redirect his energy.
“I was a little monster,” he said. “I got in a lot of fights. I wanted to get in a fight every day on my way home from school. So my mom tried to find after-school activities to keep me occupied and eventually we hit on art lessons. By the time I had finished my lessons, all the kids had gone home and there was no one left to fight.”
Drummond started entering his watercolor paintings in art and crafts shows when he was in high school, and it was something he continued doing throughout college and grad school as a way to make some extra money.