Tue 09 Mar
Muhammad Ali on Ridderwall's mask

Djurgården's young star keeper Stefan Ridderwall wanted Muhammad Ali on his mask... David created a painting of Ali in old fashion style and weaved a Dif design around it.
Fri 05 Mar
Clint Eastwood rules on Lehtonen's new Dallas mask

Can you have a more cool theme than Clint Eastwood on a hockeymask? The answer is no. Kari wanted cowboy theme on his new Dallas mask, and out of David's and Kari's discussions this design idea came.
The whole design is created as an old fashion film poster for a cowboy film. On one side we see Mr Eastwood motifs created in sepia look and golden tints, one with a young Clint and one with a slightly older. The design is created with a fantastic depth, strongly inspired by Eastwood's films, in particular the great film Unforgiven.
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Thu 04 Mar
Check out Hedberg's latest Moose mask

Today we have the pleasure to present the latest mask in the series of Johan Hedberg's enormously popular Moose masks! It has now gone 10 years since the first Moose mask entered the ice and started the Moose hysteria that actually gave Johan Hedberg his nickname...
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DAVEART MaskGallery to check out the latest version of the Moose mask, with Max Moosy showing up on one side among all the Atlanta graphics... The design is created with strong contrasts, extreme detail work and 3-D effects beyond normal. And of course the so popular DAVEART Holographix FX in the background!
Fri 26 Feb
Matt Zaba pays tribute to Gordie Howe on his new mask

Matt Zaba of the New York Rangers had seen and heard about David Gunnarsson's success paintings for keepers in the NHL, and decided he was the one to airbrush paint his next mask.
Matt told David he wanted a tribute design to the Hartford Whalers, and Gordie Howe in particular. David got started and thought idea an idea that Matt digged. Go to
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Mon 22 Feb
Budaj celebrates his hometown on his Olympic mask

David Gunnarsson was given the honorable assignment by Peter Budaj to create his Slovakian mask for the Olympic Winter Games in Vancouver. Peter and David discussed ideas back and forth, and out came a design on which Peter wanted to celebrate his hometown in Slovakia.
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Sun 21 Feb
Pätzold becomes Spider-Man in goal

Dimitri Pätzold wanted Spider-Man on his mask, a great idea. David recreated the black Spider-Man mask on the hockey mask, and he did it with extreme detail work to get a unique depth.
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Wed 17 Feb
Russian eagles on Varlamov's Olympic mask

Semyon Varlamov wanted something really Russian for his Olympic mask, and David came up with this design solution that Semyon immediately made thumbs up for. The Russian double-headed eagle is watching over the mask and spreading its wings. Very effective and direct.
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Tue 16 Feb
Bohumil Modrý on Pavelec's Olympic mask

Ondrej Pavelec wanted to pay tribute to the Czech goalkeeper legend Bohumil Modrý on his mask for the Olympics in Vancouver. Ondrej turned to his mask painter David Gunnarsson with the glorious assignment.
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DAVEART MaskGallery to the unique creation with a detail work beyond normal. It was a great honor for David to create this design and painting.
Mon 15 Feb
Lundqvist's Olympic mask goes in same spirit as the last one, of course...

Henrik Lundqvist's mask for the Vancouver Olympic Games is a direct continuation on his success mask from the games in Turin 2006. Lundqvist was really happy with it. As you see the mask design has a strong connection to his Rangers mask created by David. Same design style and spirit.
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Sun 14 Feb
Gustavsson's Monster Leaf rules on his Olympic mask

For Jonas Gustavsson's Toronto Maple Leafs masks David Gunnarsson created the new character The Monster Leaf, coming from his nickname The Monster and a maple leaf... The Toronto masks got really popular among the fans and of course this Monster Leaf appears also on Jonas' mask for the Olympics.
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Sat 13 Feb
Stefan Liv pays tribute to Olympic medalists on his masks for the Vancouver games

In the Vancouver Olympics all Swedish goalkeepers will enter the ice with special painted Olympic masks by the mask artist David Gunnarsson. "It's a great honor for me to create these paintings, something that I will never forget", David comments the assignments.
Today we have the pleasure to present Stefan Liv's mask design for the Vancouver games. Stefan wanted to pay tribute to Swedish Olympic medalists on his masks, true titans that Stefan remembers from his childhood.
Sun 07 Feb
With headache this pirate ship was created

When David Gunnarsson created this mask design he did it on a special day. When he was to paint the pirate ship in old style oil painting look like on old oil paintings, he needed to concentrate in a different way, and that can be done with headache! So a Friday last summer with really bad lightning when David got headache, he took the chance to create this pirate ship. It got exactly the look David wanted, thanks to the headache...
Fri 05 Feb
Check out Läck's classic Brynäs mask

David Gunnarsson created a classic clean design for Eddie Läck. The design is based on Brynäs' beautiful white jersey. Lots of metallic and strong contrasts with a tremendous detail work forms this mask design.
Sat 30 Jan
Here comes the sequel to Varlamov's success mask

David Gunnarsson's previous mask design for Washington Capitals' Russian coming star Semyon Varlamov made big success when it entered the ice at the start of the NHL season 2009-2010. Here now comes the sequel. The design goes in same spirit, but now mostly in red, in perfect symbiosis with the first mask that was mostly in blue.
Again half of the design is devoted to Russia and the other half to USA, all framed by Caps graphics. The design is a symphony of photo-realistic motifs, graphics and 3-D effects.
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MaskGallery to check out this extremely detailed mask design that shows mask art of today.
Mon 25 Jan
Bones'n Preds is the obvious name on Ellis' new Nashville design

Nashville Predators have a new cool third jersey, and of course they wanted masks designed for this uniform! The cool Preds animals that David has created for Dan Ellis before rule also on this mask design. Dan wanted them to appear as sceletons falling apart, bones are falling here and there, and you can see the ribs...they've been in a fight or two...!
The Preds show their rage on each side of the mask, making a big impression on the mask design as a whole. In the front the Nashville logo rules with it's red eye! Cool contrasts!
The base in blue, just like the jersey. Check it out carefully, just like the jersey the base has a black and blue checkered pattern. Details, details and again details, just what goalkeepers love and David Gunnarsson delivers.
Sat 23 Jan
Cute pussycat on Åkerlund's Timrå mask

The most important for Magnus to have on his mask was his and his girlfriend's cat... Then he wanted the rest very much old school with a stonewall, and one side mostly in red and the other mostly in white. And of course the club logo...
Wed 20 Jan
Zatkoff's LA design both classic and modern

Jeff Zatkoff wanted a clean and stylish but still modern LA Kings design. The assignment was given to David Gunnarsson who tackled the task with big excitement, and came up with this design idea, that Jeff really liked.
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Mon 18 Jan
Violent dragon in modern and old school look on Eriksson's Leksand mask

Joacim Eriksson wanted a dragon design on his Leksand mask, but in a new way... David Gunnarsson brainstormed, and out came a design that is both modern and back to basic, in the same time!
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Sat 16 Jan
DAVEART Holographix FX rules on Backlund's Flyers mask

Johan Backlund wanted a basic and clean Flyers design, a design really breathing Philadelphia Flyers. David Gunnarsson fulfilled his wishes as he created a mask design both classic and modern, with a base of black and white for perfect contrasts.
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DAVEART MaskGallery to check out this mask design, that of course features DAVEART's popular innovation DAVEART Holographix FX, with a custom made pattern of Flyers logos.
Thu 14 Jan
Totem pole on Idoff's Frölunda Indians mask

Sebastian knew two things that he wanted on his new Frölunda mask, a totem pole and a handprint, like the Indians had on their horses.
Brilliant ideas David thought, and started to create this design with strong contrasts, metallic effects and great 3-D depth. Go to
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