It All Started At The Van Gogh Museum
Artwork by David Childers & Robert Childers
David Childers, a singer/songwriter residing in Mt. Holly, is the proverbial study in contradictions. He’s a former high-school football player with the aw-shucks demeanor of a good ol’ Southern boy. But he’s also a well-read poet and painter who cites Chaucer and Kerouac as influences, fell in love with folk as a teen, listens to jazz and opera, and fed his family by practicing law before turning in his license to concentrate on his creative passions. Bob Crawford of The Avett Brothers calls David “a great friend, a great thinker, and a great man ... a true North Carolina treasure.”
Robert Childers has also had long-standing interests in artistic endeavors. Robert is well known in the Charlotte music community as a musician, sound man, and promoter. Art is another facet of his creative personality. The best description of Robert’s artwork comes from the words of his father, David- “His work often startles and disturbs me, like many of my own favorites: Goya, Breughal, Picasso, and Dali. He has an envious precision and control over the figures he paints, and the wit of a satirist in arrangement of those figures, and often in his own narratives or commentaries written on the pieces.”
About 13 years ago, David and Robert were touring through Holland as part of a musical tour. They arranged for a visit to the Van Gogh Museum and were both subsequently inspired to begin creating art. You can purchase and view more of David and Robert’s art at megamegamega.net.
Memory of Mexico
Acrylic on wood
David Childers
Ghost Fleet
Acrylic on wood
David Childers
The Raptor
Acrylic on wood
Robert Childers

Covid-19
Acrylic on wood
Robert Childers

Lady Liberty
Acrylic on wood
David Childers
Skyscraper
Acrylic on wood
David Childers
Magic
Acrylic on drum head
Robert Childers
HR
Acrylic on drum head
Robert Childers
Hog of the Foresaken
Acrylic on drum head
Robert Childers
End of the Ride
Acrylic on wood
David Childers
Forest Protector
Acrylic on wood
David Childers
Nuevo Laredo
Acrylic on wood
David Childers
Untitled Musicians
Acrylic on wood
Robert Childers
Untitled
Acrylic on wood
David Childers
The Fiddler
Acrylic on wood
Robert Childers
US Navy Blimp
Acrylic on wood
David Childers
Tag Team-- 2D Bout
Acrylic on wood
David Childers
Sea Battle Off Guadalcanal, 11/13-11/14, 1942
Acrylic on wood
David Childers
Untitled
Acrylic on canvas and metal
Robert Childers
Sierra Madre Occidental
Acrylic on wood
David Childers
Going Up River
Acrylic on wood
David Childers
Yonder Goes the Hijacked Train
Acrylic on wood
David Childers
It All Started At The Van Gogh Museum will be on display in-person in the Depot Gallery from February 16th- June 12th, 2021.
The Depot Gallery is located in the Anne Biggers Furr Learning Center, located at 205 W. Main St, Dallas, NC. Please go to the main museum building at 131 W. Main St, Dallas, NC (two doors up from the Depot) and see a Museum Guide for entry to the Depot.