David Schock was bom in Boston, Massachusetts in 1962. He holds a degree in Fine Arts from the University of Massachusetts, and studied at the Exeter College of Art in England, and at the Art Students League in New York. His instructors included British painter Michael Mayer, and American portrait artists Nelson Shanks and Aaron Shikler. He began his professional career taking commissions as a portrait painter, and continues to do so, specializing in informal portraits of children.

     During Pleine air painting trips to Europe his subject matter expanded into landscape and figurative painting. Success in these genres as well soon followed in shows in London, England, and Boston, Massachusetts. He has since exhibited extensively throughout the United States, including regular exhibits in Martha's Vineyard and Nantucket, Massachusetts, and at one- man galleries in Carmel, California, and Newport, Rhode Island. The artist's original paintings are in major private or public collections in America, Africa, Asia, Europe and Australia.

     Over twenty thousand reproductions of the artist's landscape and figurative work are in collections worldwide, and his artwork has appeared in "House Beautiful", as set pieces in films and television, and as book covers. He is an award winner in painting at the Copley Society in Boston, and was recently honored as the featured artist for the "Boston Pops" arts fundraising concert and auction on Cape Cod. His work as a sports artist has gained him recognition in the Boston sports community. His painting of Terry O'Reilly was included in pre-game festivities prior to the retiring of the Boston Bruin's #24 in 2002, and his work is in the collection of the Premium Club of the Fleet Center in Boston, and at the Sports Museum of New England.

     David Schock lives and maintains his studio in Wakefield, Rhode Island, with his wife and family, who are often the subjects of his paintings. The latest original paintings and prints from the artist's studio can currently be seen in the finest galleries in New England and Florida, and at: