David Allen Moskovitz, was born in 1944 in Akron Ohio, and he was known for richly colored botanical and landscape paintings. As a psychiatrist, Moskovitz graduated from The University of Akron and from Case Western Reserve University Medical School. He did his residency in psychiatry at The Institute of Living in Hartford, Conn. He served in the U.S. Army as a psychiatrist at Ft. Bragg, N.C., earning the rank of Major.

As a self-taught artist, he found his inspiration in nature, rural scenery and travel, painting colorful scenes of his backyard garden in Shaker Heights and of travels in Ohio's Amish country, New England, New Mexico and Europe. Dr. Moskovitz believed in the healing power of art and encouraged others to explore their creativity. Former Plain Dealer art critic Helen Cullinan wrote that his paintings “are exuberantly affirmative ... unlike the florals with their impassioned brilliance, his landscapes project a sense of calm affection.”

David Moskovitz’s paintings have been shown in more than 40 solo and juried exhibitions and he was a member of the Connecticut Academy of Fine Arts and The Temple-Tifereth Israel, Dr. Moskovitz enjoyed classical music, windsurfing, traveling, and looking for arrowheads. Dr. Moskovitz also exhibited his paintings at museums including the Bulter Institute of American Art in Ohio, the Springfield Museum of Fine Arts in Massachusetts, and the New Britain Museum of American Art in Connecticut. And his artwork was featured in New York; Connecticut; Massachusetts; Louisiana; Ohio; Washington, D.C.; and in Oslo, Norway. He’s works also appears in many private collections and died on October 7 in 2008 at age 63.