David Neil Mack has been a professional artist and illustrator for 60 years. Raised in Toledo, Ohio, he received a BFA at Bowling Green State University in 1963. Immediately after, he was drafted in the US Army and served in Korea from 1965-1967.

Upon his return to civilian life, Mach started his career as a commercial illustrator in the hobby industry. During this time, Mack's pen and ink drawings were approved and licensed by MGM, Paramount Pictures, Columbia Pictures, United Artists, American International Pictures, National Audubon Society, and National Geographic.

Mack’s fine art career began with a1968 solo show at the Toledo Museum of Art. Over the course of the past 55 years, Mack has been recognized with over 65 awards and honors. Mack has been selected into the American Watercolor Society, National Watercolor Society, North East Watercolor Society, Watercolor Honor Society and Ohio Watercolor Society, Cincinnati Art Club, and Greater Cincinnati Watercolor Society. Mack's work has been featured in books, magazines, and television: Splash 9, Splash 19, Watercolor Magic, International Artist, Artistsnetwork.com, and Ohio Channel Video. David Neil Mack is the recipient of numerous awards in juried exhibitions nationwide: Roulet Medal from Toledo Museum of Art, Gold Medal in Ohio Watercolor Society, M Shuck Memorial Award in Watercolor USA, and John Singer Sargent Award in Missouri Watercolor Society, Best of Show in North East Watercolor Society, and Silver Medal in Ohio Watercolor Society, American Watercolor Society awards, First Place selection at the Rocky Mountain National Watermedia Exhibition. Mack’s work was selected in the 2006 American Watercolor Society traveling exhibition which toured throughout major metropolitan areas in the US. Most recently, Mack participated in 2018 Art Prize in Grand Rapids, MI.

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“From the very beginning, I knew I was born to paint. I was content to draw and paint in solitude for hours as a child. To this day, I remain excited by the capacity for pigment, water, and paper, under specific manipulation, to describe limitless surfaces and materials. I am most inspired by everyday objects and those places overlooked. I challenge myself to make the ordinary extraordinary by incorporating beauty, detail, and symbolic meaning. I might add a person I know, or alter a space to incorporate a favorite tree, or add objects of symbolic significance to honor someone in my life. My work straddles real and imagined worlds. My process is methodical — I begin with a series of photographs and discern the elements that will be juxtaposed into the work. Next I create a detailed drawing, select specific areas for masking, and slowly layer transparent screens of color to create liminal spaces. My work often includes elements that disappear. These atmospheric elements infer moments and places unknown, alluding to my lifelong interest in spirituality and afterlife.” -David Neil Mack