David Yapp Fine Art

07/07/2025

Thanks to those of you who made it to my Georgetown show today. Save the date July 20, for my art demo at the gallery.

06/22/2025

Exhibition of Paintings by David Yapp
Come and visit my show in Georgetown from July 5 through July 27.
The artist reception is on Sunday July 6 at 1pm with live music from multi-instrumentalist (guitar, flute, keyboards and…didgeridoo!) David Blonski.
Come by on Sunday July 20 at 1pm for a landscape painting demonstration in oils.
https://davidyapp.com/show

07/18/2023

Thankful for a well attended show this weekend in Camino. The art was accompanied by some wonderful harp music from Kaitlin Lubetkin. Thank you to all of you who braved the heat to come by.

02/28/2023

David Yapp – California Landscapes – Exhibition of Fine Art Prints
Gold Country Retirement Community • March 3 – May 5, 2023

Artist's Reception: Friday March 3 from 4pm – 6pm
Beverages and finger food will be available.

For more details go to: http://davidyapp.com/gold-show

11/12/2022

Come and visit my exhibition of pen and ink, watercolor, and oil paintings of the western Sierra foothills and mountains.

Saturday and Sunday, December 3–4, 2022
11am to 6pm. In Camino, CA
http://davidyapp.com/show

03/21/2021

Here my latest from the backroads:

“With high winds forecast for Friday night and warmer temperatures over the next few days, this will be your last opportunity to see the almond trees in blossom.” This was the word on the ground from my contact in Butte County. “I’ll see what I can do about finding you a campsite for the wee...

12/16/2020

Check out my catalog now available on my website to view my watercolors and oils. Feel free to message me if there is something that grabs your interest.
https://static1.squarespace.com/static/55d55d57e4b036ba5df96513/t/5fda76daaa455f5e26360c15/1608152808562/2020+David+Yapp+Catalog+and+Price+List.pdf

12/05/2020

I am co-leading this workshop for Arts and Culture El Dorado. If you, or someone you know in El Dorado County would benefit from this free workshop please forward the link to them and/or sign up! Many thanks, David

Expressive Therapies has resumed via Zoom to comply with COVID-19 safety precautions. Expressive Therapies is a FREE program open to anyone who is caring for a child who is not their own (including foster parents, adoptive parents and caregivers) that pairs artists with therapists to tailor artistic...

10/29/2020

More Yapp out Yonder...

Beside an old, bark-stripped pine tree, a leaning, wooden signpost supported by a cluster of boulders indicated a divide in the trail. In a north-easterly direction the route to Twin Lakes and to the southeast is my destination, Grouse Lake. I headed up the trail to be faced with a formidable granit

05/11/2020

The weather is quite a bit warmer now since I wrote this:

A compacted, red clay trail runs near my home along the northern slope of the Weber Canyon. Whether the trail is ancient or modern, I do not know; but in my imaginings I like to think that in former times Miwok set foot upon it to hunt deer, collect acorns and gather pine needles for basket making.

04/12/2020

Another interesting character I met a while back on my travels...

The last remnant of the morning’s fog shrouded the sun, which made for a cool ascent up the old fire road. A short hike brought me to a widening of the trail and, turning back toward the way I had come, a view northwards toward the mountain framed by eucalyptus trees. The afternoon drew on with an...