Dave has a B.S. degree in HRM & Business Management and has operated a successful faux finishing and painting business since 1999. He has done everything from simple repaints and plaster jobs to the finest of faux finishing and faux plastering for private clients, restaurants, churches, retail small businesses as well as large franchises on the national level. 

Dave has extensive experience in working with high-end homeowners, designers, general contractors, architects, as well as members of other trades on faux finishing projects. He is also experienced in hiring employees and the responsibilities involved in acquiring and maintaining assistants for the faux finishing business.

Throughout the years Dave has attended six different "faux finishing" schools to learn more about the faux trade. He has taken the best of what he learned and experienced, both in the classroom and in the faux field, to develop his own faux finishing school and curriculum. 

Dave Larson completed a five-year apprenticeship under his mentor, Brian Bullard, the founder, owner, and instructor of "The Decorative Arts Center" in St. Louis, Missouri. Brian is an american with a "master craftsman" degree in the trade, which he acquired through eight years of schooling, working, and living in Germany.  Brian has served daily as Dave's mentor as well his faux finishing and business consultant for his projects, experiences, and ideas throughout the years.

In 2004, Brian Bullard and "The Decorative Arts Center" offered Mr. Larson a position to teach decorative artistry in Dave's own school, "The Decorative Arts Center North".  As an affiliate and member of "The Decorative Arts Center", Dave meets and exceeds the instructional, curriculum, and facility requirements which have made the "Decorative Arts Center" methods the standard for the "faux finishing  / business school" industry.
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