About me
![Big Face painting by David Rhoden](/static/img/paintings/bigface.jpg?nf_resize=fit&w=320)
David Rhoden is a painter, animator, and illustrator, currently based in New Orleans. And I'm David Rhoden.
Not only do I paint, illustrate, and animate, I also work for a living.
I have had more jobs than you can count, including being an ice cream man and an oyster shucker for one day each. I started my post-collegiate work career as a freelance writer and an assistant editor at Golden Books, spent some years toiling in various departments at Citibank and Goldman Sachs, then, through a series of temp jobs, found my way into the business of design and marketing, where I work as a web developer and (infrequently) designer.
![David Rhoden with The Stacks (Andrew Donaldson, Steve Walkup, Tom Beeman) at Gasa Gasa, New Orleans, 2018](/static/img/rock/stacks/stacks-gasa-gasa-aug-11-2018.jpg?nf_resize=fit&w=320)
I am also a musician, currently playing guitar with The Stacks; previously, I was a member of Mountain Shoutin', Jimmy and the Wolfpack, All-Night Movers, The Sleepy Heads, MAXIMVS!, Dirty Knives, The Hi-Balls, Snake Oil, Everything Tool, The Innuendos, Dark Marbles, Cheerio and the Camels, and The Red M&Ms.
![David Rhoden in handmade Mardi Gras suit, New Orleans, 2017](/static/img/about/mgsuit01.jpg?nf_resize=fit&w=320)
![David Rhoden, Selfie, New Orleans, 2011](/static/img/about/selfportraitofdrr.jpg?nf_resize=fit&w=320)
![David Rhoden outside Chart Room bar, New Orleans, 2010s](/static/img/about/davechartroomcrop.jpg?nf_resize=fit&w=320)
![David Rhoden drumming with Jimmy and The Wolfpack, 2009](/static/img/rock/jandtwp-lakeside-feb-26-2009/davedrummingatlakeside_sm.jpg?nf_resize=fit&w=320)
![David Rhoden, Selfie, Bushwick, 2008](/static/img/about/dave2011.jpg?nf_resize=fit&w=320)
![David Rhoden with MAXIMVS! (Trey Ledford, Jeff Pounds) at Circle Bar, New Orleans, 2004](/static/img/rock/maximvs/maximvs-big-top-feb-18-2004/david-drumming-feb-18-2004.jpg?nf_resize=fit&w=320)
![David Rhoden with All-Night Movers, New Orleans, 2003](/static/img/rock/all-night-movers/circle-bar-oct-3-2002/anm-circle-bar-talktoit.jpg?nf_resize=fit&w=320)
![David Rhoden with All-Night Movers, New Orleans, 2002 (Photo by Jeff Pounds.)](/static/img/rock/all-night-movers/ferrara-gallery-oct-9-2002/all-night-movers-ferrara-window-by-jeff-pounds.jpg?nf_resize=fit&w=320)
![David Rhoden with All-Night Movers (Slade Nash), house party, New Orleans, 2002](/static/img/rock/all-night-movers/all-night-movers-cover-aug-3-2002.jpg?nf_resize=fit&w=320)
![David Rhoden with Stacks (Steve Walkup, Trey Ledford, Doug DeRienzo), New Orleans rooftop, 2000s](/static/img/rock/stacks/stacks-tumbler-by-eli.jpg?nf_resize=fit&w=320)
![David Rhoden in Sleepy Heads T-Shirt, holding Betty, early 2000s](/static/img/about/daveinsleepyheadsshirtwithsally.jpg?nf_resize=fit&w=320)
![David Rhoden on Coney Island holding a penny loafer, 1990s](/static/img/about/davidonconeyiwithloafer.jpg?nf_resize=fit&w=320)
![David Rhoden, 850 Third Avenue, New York City, 1992](/static/img/about/drrinfrontof850.jpg?nf_resize=fit&w=320)