David Estey is an award-winning painter/printmaker who has taught and exhibited widely in Maine, the Mid-Atlantic States and in North Carolina. His work includes paintings and prints in a wide variety of styles and media, as well as an abundance of strong, expressive figure drawings in charcoal. David was born in Fort Fairfield, northern Maine, and is a 1960 graduate of Crosby High School in Belfast. In 1964, he earned a BFA degree in painting from Rhode Island School of Design and, in 1976, a MSA degree in public administration from George Washington University. He studied painting a year in Rome, Italy, extensively at Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, and at Haystack Mountain School of Crafts. After illustrating for the U.S. Army and a career in public affairs with IRS in Baltimore, Philadelphia and Washington, he returned with his wife Karen to live and work in their newly renovated home/studio in Belfast. He has been a member of the board, taught classes, exhibited his work, and coordinated the Tuesday-night life drawing at Waterfall Arts.