Biography:
David P. Curtis received an early introduction to painting from his father, marine artist Roger W. Curtis, and after graduating from Gloucester High School, began work in the atelier of Boston School painter R.H. Ives Gammell.

Curtis is an active member of the Guild of Boston Artists, the North Shore Arts Association, and the Rockport Art Association. A past President of RAA, he also serves regularly as a juror for numerous art organizations.

Primarily an outdoor oil landscape painter and art instructor, Curtis has won numerous awards for his work, including Yankee Magazine's Robb Sagendorph Memorial Award, two A.T. Hibbard Memorial Awards, two Frank Benson Awards, and two Marquerite Nehauser Shaffer Memorial Awards. His work is shown and collected internationally, and he is listed in Who's Who in the East. Curtis has been instructing outdoor oil painting classes and workshops since 1993. He lives in Gloucester, Massachusetts.