A practitioner of traditional black and white etching in San Francisco for over 30 years, David Avery has long been drawn to the works and techniques of the master etchers and engravers of the past 400 years, as well as their literary counterparts. He often finds inspiration in them or a point of departure for his own work—a bridge, if you will, between past thought and contemporary issues that sheds light in a unique way on such concerns. Avery’s work has been noted in the New York Times, the Washington Post and the Boston Globe, and it is included in many museum collections, including the New York Public Library, the Fogg Museum at Harvard University, the Library of Congress, and the Stanford University Library Special Collections, among others. His work has been included in over 200 exhibitions and has won numerous awards.