David divides his time between New York City and Long Island City, and is an avid traveler and reader of fiction. David has lectured and taught at Greenwich House Pottery (New York) and the MFA program of Western Carolina University (North Carolina). He has created large scale, site-specific art commissions for the Wolfsonian Foundation and Museum (Miami) and the city of Bellevue (Washington). David’s work is included in the permanent collections of the Museum of Art and Design (New York), Carnegie Museum of Art (Pittsburgh), as well as numerous private collections. He was awarded a Fulbright Research Fellowship in ceramic sculpture to Morocco, a Time Warner Arts Fellowship, a New York State Artist award, and residency fellowships at the MacDowell Colony (New Hampshire), Yaddo (New York), the Kohler Arts/Industry program (Wisconsin) and Youkobo (Tokyo, Japan). His work has been included in one person and group shows at Garth Clark Gallery (New York), Lyons Weir Ortt (New York), Exit Art (New York), Navta Schulz (Chicago) and Barbara Greene Gallery (Miami). Each medium that David explores shifts and resonates, allowing his art to evoke multiple responses and feelings, moving from the specific to include a wider world view.ĭavid Packer was born in the UK and received his BA from the Bristol School of Art in the United Kingdom and his MFA in Studio Art from Florida State University in 1994.
DAVID PACKER SERIAL
Utilizing popular culture’s constant flow of throw away imagery, David’s work on paper locates and portrays us in today’s multimedia world, as photographic images and found material are considered and combined in a sculptural and physical manner.ĭiaristic or serial in format, defined by time and/or place, the work is collated together in book or portfolio form. The use of industrial imagery, techniques and materials invite a conversation about the environment in which we live. Ceramic, new or recycled wood and found objects, often with monochromatic color treatments and thematic repetition, are all combined in imaginative and challenging ways. These vernacular subjects, sometimes reconfigured with new media, sometimes built with found objects are transformed into objects that resonant with more complex associations. The sculptures embrace what appears at first sight to be everyday, recognizable objects, such as plastic water bottles, car engines, trains, bears, dogs and owls. We will all deeply miss him, and he will always be in our thoughts.David Packer’s sculpture and work on paper challenge our preconceived notions of the world by visually integrating two specific interests, industry and the natural world. He was a kind gentleman and dear friend, who’s stories and humour touched everyone he met. This is not because he looks like one! He got this because of his involvement in underground military networks. On retiring from work, Dave went back to working on the buses, often driving the Group to summer camp in a double decker bus.Īs an aside, many of you may know that Dave’s nickname is badger. This experience served him well and on finishing National Service he was offered a job in the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, specialising in communications, which included a period in Hong Kong. When called up to join the Army for National Service he was put in the Royal Corps of Signals. It was during this time that Dave developed his love of buses and driving.Īfter leaving school he went to work for the Post Office, not delivering mail, but working on the telephone system. His family were bombed out of their home during the Second World War and lived in the local bus garage until Dave was 12. Crumpacker’s research centers on risk factors associated with Alzheimer’s disease and.
Crumpacker served as the Assistant Chief of Psychiatry at Baylor University Medical Center in Dallas from 2005 to 2009. The Troop no longer visits, but the friendship between the leaders endured.ĭave (or Chief) was born in Twickenham in the shadow of the rugby stadium in 1936. A diplomat of the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology and double board-certified in adult and geriatric psychiatry, Dr.
When Dave was around he always passed on his words of wisdom, made friends with everyone and had a smile & sense of humour which made us laugh at all times.ĭavid and Liz became friends of 3rdCB around 1966, when the Sea Scout Troop that he ran started visiting us in Old Leigh to gain experience of sailing on the sea. He had been a leader with 3rd CB for many decades and was a regular fixture at Summer Camp, Derbyshire and as many Group occasions in which he could attend. Our thoughts and prayers are with Dave’s wife Elizabeth and his family at this very sad time.ĭavid lived in Cogenhoe near Northampton, where in earlier years he had run a Sea Scout troop, and for all we’ve not seen much of him recently he remained a dear friend of the Group. We’re sad to announce that Dave Packer, former leader and long-time friend of the Group, passed away on the afternoon of Saturday 23 May, aged 78, after a short illness.
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