An impressionistic rendering of sunflowers, built up with blocks of color, predominantly yellow, green, red, and blue, with a purple background., David McCosh; Sunplowers; mental health, David McCosh was born in Cedar Rapids, Iowa in 1903. He began his teaching career at the Art Institute of Chicago. In 1934, McCosh accepted a position in the School of Architecture and Allied Arts at the University of Oregon in Eugene Oregon, where he taught painting, drawing and lithography. He continued in this position until his retirement in 1972. He died in 1981. McCosh's early work expressed a modern interest in scenes of contemporary life for which he received acclaim in major exhibitions in New York and Chicago. In his later years, he focused on Oregon landscapes. McCosh received national recognition throughout his painting career. His one-man, juried and invitational exhibitions took place at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, the Art Institute of Chicago, the San Francisco Museum of Art, the Seattle Art Museum, and the Portland Art Museum, among other venues., The Oregon Arts Commission has ten Regional Arts Councils that provide delivery of art services and information. The Council for this location is: Mid-Valley Arts. You may view their website at: http://www.oregonlink.com/arts/index.html
