ABOUT
Raised in the Midwest, David Buetsche continues to live in Cincinnati, OH and work in Covington, KY.
Currently works as Art Director for the Salyers Group and vR Hospitality.
I work like the streets I grew up on. Layered, scarred, and full of restless energy. My process is part construction, part demolition, building surfaces with paint, collage, and found textures, then breaking them back down until they carry the weathered weight of history. Each mark is intentional but never polite; the drips, rips, and fragments speak to the raw poetry of places lived in and worn down.
I pull from the language of graffiti, the patina of old walls, and the chaos of urban landscapes, fusing them with the craft of fine art and the storytelling of brand design. Whether it’s a canvas in a gallery or a custom installation in a hotel lobby, my work pushes against polish, turning history, place, and identity into something bold, charged, and impossible to ignore.
My subject matter often runs with untamed power: horses thundering across open fields, bison standing unshaken in wide prairie winds, landscapes stretching beyond the horizon. These images have feral beauty, offering the viewer a sense of freedom, rawness, and escape. In their presence, the grit of the city meets the boundless spirit of the wild, a collision that mirrors my restless urge to roam, create, and defy boundaries.
Group Exhibitions
2019 - Parallel Visions XII
Mount St. Joseph University (Cincinnati, OH)
2018 - AAC Alumni Exhibition
Art Academy of Cincinnati
2017 - Art at the X
National Juried Exhibition - Xavier University Art Gallery (Cincinnati, OH)
2017 - Parallel Visions XI
Mount St. Joseph University (Cincinnati, OH)
2016 - AAC Alumni Exhibition
Art Academy of Cincinnati