About the Artist

David Spohn

My life’s work has taken me from the Midwest to the West Coast and finally to Minnesota, with most of this time spent designing, illustrating and writing books, and working at printmaking in my home studio. I worked thirty-one years as the art director for Hazelden Publishing. During this span I also wrote and illustrated several children’s books of my own, and illustrated many others. My most recent work has been focused on printmaking and I have received several fellowships and grants in support of my work. I have been severely hearing impaired most of my adult life and also live with a congenital heart defect that has caused heart failure. My goal as an artist is to communicate the healing power in the beauty of our natural world by creating art that helps people connect with this world in whatever environment they live.