"The ebb and flow of life. The tangents of circumstance. Chaotic eddies of the currents in which we travel are obstacles to overcome, lessons in our path through life. Only through images can I express what I have seen. Where I have been and how I came to where I am today. These are my eyes, my heart, my soul on canvas.

In childhood my images were an escape from my surroundings. As an adolescent they were the placard of my rage at an "unfair" world. In college I feared my own work. I could not accept that perhaps over time even I must change.

Told to leave, I was already running, leaving my art behind me to begin a new life. Ebb and flow. Swirling and drifting I attempted to change who I was. Allotting myself a drawing per year. No paintings. No sculpture. I re-focused my creativity towards other paths. The years swept by.

Two years ago I began to draw again for a social club newsletter. Pain, agony of spirit, I was praised yet I could not reconcile the pain within me. Last year the current broke, the cycle stopped. Home, wife, career all lost to me in one terrible month. Within my spirit broke free. My chains, illusions of my fears.

Nurtured, cared for, encouraged by those closest to me, November of '95 I once again put brush to canvas. The last of the old tangents are still being broken away but this new current is swift and strong. Perhaps I had to learn how to swim through life rather than drown in it. Here I am, here I remain, reaching out for the sea."

David Gulotta now resides in Saylorsburg, PA, where he works from his home based studio. He attended SUNY at Purchase, NY, for two years as a Visual Arts major. David is currently a member of the Monroe County Arts Council (MCAC). Primarily working with oil on canvas, his paintings are spontaneous visions. Select commissions are also undertaken, for private collectors and loved ones.

Selected Exhibitions(*Solo Show):
1981- Student Exhibition of the Arts, New Milford High School, New Milford, CT
1996- *Art by Gulotta, Saylorsburg, PA. Sponsored by Martha H. Brothers.
1996- Visual Inspirations Gallery, Minisink Falls, PA. Curator, Gerri Kawczynski.
1996- Celebration of the Arts Musical Motif Show, Antoine Dutot Museum, Delaware Water Gap, PA. Sponsored by C.O.T.A.
1996- *A Visual Celebration, Visual Inspirations Gallery, Minisink Falls, PA. Curator, Gerri Kawczynski

Commissions:
Mural: New Milford High School, New Milford, CT. 1982
Painting: "Shaman's Journey", Keith Neumann, Peekskill, NY. 1996
Painting: "Satyr Homeland", Marc DiGreggorio, Landing, NJ. 1996
Painting: "Untitled", Omir Desravines, New York, NY. 1996

Career Related Experience:
-"Under the Rowan Tree", pen and ink illustration and interactive sculpture. Danbury, CT. 1989
-"Daoine Sidhe", private newsletter, contributor and Arts Editor. Chris Regan, Editor-in-Chief. Danbury, CT. 1992-1993.
-"The Inferno", private newsletter, cover illustration and incidental art. Marc DiGreggorio, Editor. Landing, NJ. 1995-1996.
- Private tutoring, lessons in oil painting, drawing, and materials. Saylorsburg, PA. 1996

Memberships:
The Monroe County Arts Council, Stroudsburg, PA. 1996

Education:
S.U.N.Y. at Purchase, Visual Arts major with concentration in Fine Arts Drawing. 1982-1984.

Year End Summary, 1996:
Completed 36 oil and 3 acrylic paintings in my first year as a gallery artist. Three oil paintings are available in limited edition prints. Six paintings sold into private collections or to individuals.