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CONTACT DAVID BY EMAIL AT hoskingstudio@yahoo.co.uk Born in Cornwall,UK, in 1943, David Hosking studied Art briefly at Falmouth School of Art and then from 1964 to 67 at the West Midlands College where he was awarded a Distinction for his art work. David worked as a teacher in Devon and Cornwall until 1995, when he left teaching to work full time on his painting.David entered Falmouth School of Art in 1961 and later studied at the West Midlands College from where his early abstract work was taken up by the Compendium Gallery in Birmingham. David became a teacher and from the late Sixties until the early nineties he was teaching in schools in Plymouth and Cornwall. During this time David's painting developed through various stages from pure abstract work to figurative landscapes and eventually evolved into the strong, soulful work for which he is widely known today.It was not until the early nineties that David began to exhibit his work regularly but through his solo exhibitions his work has subsequently attracted a wide international following. Hosking paintings can now be found in collections throughout Europe, North and South America, Canada, Africa, Australia, the Far East and Japan.Some ofDavid's paintings are published as prints in Britain and America and are sold throughout the world.David's sources of inspiration are many and varied. He explains "sometimes it is a scene that is visually exciting or evocative .. sometimes the atmosphere of a moment sometimes a conversation sometimes a small detail like a combination of colours, or a surface texture . At the moment of experiencing these things I see images potential paintings or drawings in my brain. Sometimes I make a small drawing at that moment . Often it is only a mental image . The inspiration of the moment stored and waiting there for when I will develop it . Let it grow into a new painting. Often then, more paintings develop from that first painting. It is as if the original inspiration is a seed which grows and grows sometimes on one tall stalk . But often with many branches".