Redbird and Mallard Projects
RedBird 
Dave Hoker is an artist from St Louis, Missouri.  He received a Master's Degree from the San Francisco Art Institute in 2002.  He works in Print, Drawing, and Painting.  The nickname Red Bird is also the name of his own small business, Red-Bird Plumbing,  and is inspired by Dave's love of the St. Louis Cardinals baseball team.  
 
 
While I wasn’t assigned the monitor RedBird at birth, unlike my other half, Pollard is my call sign.
I support myself as an artist by being a craftsman. As a master plumber, RedBird Plumbing not only allows me to sustain but bolsters and preserves without compromise my artistic endeavors.
Something different happens when you don’t have to sell your art, I am free to explore difficult or unpleasant subject matter that is not suitable or wanted for most living most living rooms
