David Mclaren

Originally trained in Glasgow, David established himself as a painter in 1984, taking a studio at WASPS, King Street, where he worked for more than a decade before relocating to London in the mid-1990s. During this period, he developed a multidisciplinary practice extending beyond painting into stained glass, sculpture, mosaics and printmaking.

Between 1989 and 1995, he taught life drawing on a weekend programme at Glasgow School of Art. While a member of Glasgow Print Studio, he also worked in etching and lithography. Alongside his studio practice, he worked as a stained glass artist and mosaicist, contributing to a number of architectural commissions in Scotland and England.

Following his move to London in 1995, he established a studio at Cable Street Studios in the Docklands. He later pursued a career in the NHS while maintaining his commitment to painting.

His artistic influences and understanding of art are rooted primarily in the work of Picasso, Velázquez, Van Gogh, Matisse, Rembrandt, Munch, Goya, Richter, Dürer and Old Masters, among others.

BA Art & Design, Glasgow School of Art

Selected Exhibitions 1990s
• John D. Kelly Gallery (three-man show), Glasgow
• 21 Years of Glasgow Print Studio (curated), McLellan Galleries, Glasgow
• Scottish Etching (curated), Glasgow Print Studio Gallery
• Aberdeen Artists Society, Aberdeen Art Gallery
• Paperworks III (national prize winner) & IV, The Seagate Gallery, Dundee
• Contemporaries '92, Dick Institute, Kilmarnock Art Gallery and Museum
• Coventry Gallery (curated group show), Shoreditch, London

Selected Exhibitions 1980s
• Shoreline Echoes (two-man show), Main Fine Art, Glasgow
• Main Fine Art (Self Portraits at the Studio Gallery), Glasgow
• Society of Scottish Artists RSA, The Mound, Edinburgh
• Bath Festival Contemporary Art Fair, Assembly Rooms
• The Leigh Gallery (two-man and group shows), Bloomsbury, London
• The Male Nude, The Leigh Gallery, Bloomsbury, London