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David (born 1975) is an artist with strong interests in oil and acrylic painting. He enjoys working with a diverse range of subject matter and materials in order to
maintain a freshness and vitality in his paintings and drawings.
David studied fine art as part of a joint degree course (the other half was in pure maths!) at Aberystwyth University and has since continued to paint in his spare time whilst trying to squeeze in working full-time as a reluctant web developer. David regularly attends life drawing/painting classes both locally and at Heatherleys School of Fine Art in Chelsea. The regular discipline of drawing is an essential part of his art practice.
Moving away from a studio based background, David prefers to develop his work on location these days, painting subjects on the spot in short sittings of usually no more than 90 minutes (after that the light has changed too much). This has enabled him to develop his observational and technical skills whilst encouraging a greater connection and understanding of the subject. Location work can be intensive (especially when it's windy!) but immensely rewarding and challenging.
Exhibitions 2007:
- David has had 3 works accepted into the Royal Birmingham Society of Artists Open exhibition at the RBSA Gallery in Birmingham. The show runs until December 24th and details can be found on the RBSA website.
- One of David's 'plein air' coastal paintings will be on show at the Royal Institute of Oil Painters exhibition at the Mall Galleries in London (October 31st-11th).
- A selection of David's seascape paintings were shown at the Neptune gallery in Hunstanton, Norfolk from June 16th as part of a mixed show called 'Coastal vision'.
- Three of David's interior works, including 'Between Two Rooms', were exhibted at the New Grafton Gallery in London from January 16th-February 4th 2007.
Exhibitions 2006:
- Two of David's paintings were on show at the Royal Institute of Oil Painters exhibition at the Mall Galleries in London (November 1st-12th 2006).
Exhibitions 2005:
- A number of works shown at the Wonderwall Gallery in Cirencester. Earlier in the summer David had works on show in Cornwall (Padstow) and at the Affordable Art Fair in Bristol.
Exhibitions 2004:
Exhibitions 2003:
- A solo exhibition of David's works held at the Rugby School Gallery, Rugby (23rd August to 28th September 2003). The exhibition featured many of the works shown on this site. A few pictures of the exhibition are shown below:
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(Click images for larger views)
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Other activities:
- David has written a full article (including two step by step demonstrations) on his approach to painting seascapes in oils which can be seen in the July 2007 edition of The Artist magazine
- David was featured in the May 2006 edition of the art trade magazine called 'Blank Canvas', published by Picture Business. The publication is circulated to the main UK galleries and framers.
- During the summer of 2005 David took part in the ITV1 art programme 'A Brush With Fame' and was a regional finalist for the Midlands. The challenge was to paint celebrity portraits (Anthony Worral Thompson and Jilly Goulding) in the short space of 3 hours. The whole experience was great fun and opened up some new possibilities for David to consider in terms of portraiture.
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