Sublime Scene Painting

Brought up in Oxford and currently residing in Cornwall. Working as a Freelance Illustrator and as a Commercial Artist in Oils on canvas and wooden panels. With an interest in the relationship and interaction between people and the sea. David works with a narrative that pulls in the viewer by using figurative subjects. Inspired by Pulchrum - 'The Power of Beauty' and in Remodernism. His paintings are caught somewhere between the solitude evident in an Edward Hopper painting with local insights reminiscent of the Newlyn School of artists. Some works as an Illustrator - Bovril Revival 2010/11 campaign, Roll of Thunder Hear My Cry book cover (Puffin at 70), George Harrison portrait for Mojo magazine, Fruits by Valerie Bloom MBE (1997 Nestle Smarties Book Award - Bronze medal winner), We're Going on a Lionhunt (Macmillan/Henry Holt USA) & The Ice Bears Cave by Mark Haddon (Harpercollins Children's books) Illustrations in CONTACT source books 28,24,22,19,15,14,13,12 & 11 Runner-up in the BFC Mother Goose Award 1998 for 'Fruits' published by Macmillan Children's Books (Winner Mary Fedden for Motley the Cat by Susannah Amoore) Panel of Judges : Ian Beck, Joyce Dunbar, Wendy Cooling, Chris Powling, Tony Ross, Paul Hegarty & Jill Shotover. Winner of the Smarties Bronze medal Award 1997 for 'Fruits - A Caribbean Counting Poem' by Valerie Bloom (Venue held at London Zoo with winners John Agard, Valerie Bloom, Michael Foreman, Simon James, Anthony Lewis, Jenny Nimmo, J.K. Rowling & Charlotte Veoke. Awards presented by Toby Anstis)