David Fix Jr. is a Hudson Valley–based painter whose work centers on staged encounters between figures, animals, and constructed spaces.

Using low-relief elements alongside thin, atmospheric layers of paint, he creates scenes that feel at once familiar and quietly off-kilter. Figures often appear suspended in moments of contact or standoff, where relationships feel intimate but difficult to fully locate or resolve.

His paintings focus less on narrative than on the sensation of proximity—of bodies, spaces, and moments that never fully settle.