David Bratzel i.S.a.p. was born in Maryland, but grew up in Iowa. He has had a life long involvement with the arts, winning many student competitions and awards in elementary and secondary school. He spent seven years studying art with Ray Frederick, a noted Iowa artist who was a student of Grant Wood at the Stone City workshop. He considers the time he studied with Ray one of the biggest influences on his art, He studied at Marshalltown Community College, and the University of Iowa in Iowa City. He singled out the teachers, Joe Patrick and Stuart Edie as having a particular...more
