DAVID m. rothman
Drawing and oil painting
The Glass Menagerie, drawings of the faculty of the Law School of the University of Chicago, 1962, published by the Law Student Association.
Received awards for drawing of the California Supreme Court in Session, 1963, and oil portrait of Moe, 1994, California State Bar Art Exhibit.
Studied oil portrait painting with portrait painter Stephen W. Douglas, early 1990s to 2012.
Recently joined painter Larry Robinson’s class at the University of California, Berkeley, Extension.
Solo Exhibit of oil paintings in Los Angeles, October and November 2011, including portraits on “The Zeal for Good.”
Personal, professional and judicial
Born in Milwaukee – 1937.
BA University of California, Los Angeles, 1959.
JD Law School of the University of Chicago, 1962.
Public and private practice of law, 1963-1976.
Judge of the Los Angeles Municipal and Superior Courts, 1976-1996.
Author of the California Judicial Conduct Handbook, now in 3rd Edition
California Judges Association and Thomson-West.
Teaching and writing on judicial ethics in variety of programs for 35 years.
Recipient of the Bernard Jefferson Award and the B.E. Witkin Award for work in judicial education and writings on judicial ethics, 2013.
Thoughts on painting
Whether painting a portrait of a three year old, a California Leopard Lily, or a street in the Hadramat, I’m trying to find the truth. This is what portrait painting is about. It means that I’m not trying to consciously entice viewers to a particular feeling, response or emotion. I could not do it even if I wanted. Whatever someone sees and feels from looking at that flat surface full of paint is in the viewers mind, not mine. If painting what I see sometimes results in the viewer experiencing an emotion in their own thoughts, what more could I wish for.
Contact
The Studio
Berkeley, Ca, 94706