Capturing the genius loci of Chester County is a feat aspired to by many, and yet accomplished by so few. David Katz is able to flaunt his mastery of such at his new gallery nestled right in the brick and mortar of West Chesters main thoroughfare. Here, he puts on display works that evoke sense of place that competes readily with the Wyeth dynasty, albeit from a vastly different style. Whats more in regard to style, aside from not being pigeonholed into the Brandywine Tradition, David shows astonishing versatility and variation in his own personal style— with each piece remaining as visually striking as the last, and never once sacrificing that manifestation of rural Pennsylvania rife in his landscapes. Hes a master at playing with your heart with playful additions of color, evoking precisely the emotions he seems to hone in on at the instance in which his painting began.