David Bratzel
David Bratzel was born in Maryland, but grew up in Iowa. He has had a life long involvement with the arts. After an absence of several years from Iowa, he was surprised by an intense emotional reaction to the landscape that he hadn’t even realized he had missed. He found this same reaction to reality and creation. He found places and sights that reached out and grabbed his attention. This then has become his artistic credo. “I draw and paint the things that grab me. If it doesn't grab me, I don't paint it.”

His work has been displayed in many Art Centres in Iowa and in competitive shows. Now residing in Saint Paul, his work has most recently been included in shows sponsored by the Minnesota Watercolor Society.