Artist David Aaron Sercel was born in the beautiful mountains of Colorado in 1986, and now resides in the peaceful countryside of rural Tennessee. Perhaps both of these environments have helped to shape his passion for portraying the beauty of nature through visual art.

David has always enjoyed various forms of art – drawing, sketching, sculpting, painting – since early childhood, but began pursuing art seriously at the age of 15 after finding a book at the library on sculpting birds out of wood. Since then he has continued to expand his artistic interests through his study of the beauty of God’s creation, and has expanded his repertoire to include photography and painting.

In his sculptures he has developed his own unique style, working in a variety of mediums to create realistic works portraying birds in their natural habitats. His wildlife sculptures are described as “lifelike”, with viewers often remarking that they look as if they are about to fly away. David comments that to achieve such realism – “Not only must one capture each bird’s unique essence in the sculpting, but one must also paint that essence on a 3-D sculpted surface to render the softness, depth, and color of a bird’s feathers. This form of art requires proficiency in many different artistic mediums – sculpting in wood, metal, and clay, woodworking, painting, and drawing.”

David’s photography mainly comprises scenes from nature, ranging from intimate portraits of tiny flowers to majestic images of vast mountain terrains.

His paintings, too, depict mainly landscape and nature scenes, capturing the beauty of the natural world in oil, acrylic, and watercolor media.

David’s work has been recognized at shows and competitions across the southeast, receiving numerous first place and best of show awards. His works are included in private and corporate collections nationwide and are shown to art admirers at shows and galleries across the southeast and worldwide over the internet.