David Ahern

Born in Wales, now based in the New Forest. I work by palette knife, finger tip and brushwork to create vibrant art in oil paints. I enjoy capturing landscapes and portraits of anything from animals to cartoon art. I'm drawn to both the energy of movement and the emotions, mood and character of still portrait, either way my resulting efforts converge in bright and bold artworks.

My love for nature, colour and wildlife runs deep, from my earliest memories being around my families horse stables, to exploring colour and beauty in the Welsh fields and beaches with friends. My teenage years which led me to wild camping in the fields near my childhood home with friends, sat around campfires and amongst the grazing animals (with farmers permission). My later teen years led me to the Gower beaches surfing all year around, and it is those experiences which anchored deep in me, calling me back to the colour and movement of nature.

After graduating in a BA Art and Multimedia degree in Swansea I joined the Police Force in 2006. But my love for the nature later drew me to becoming a Wildlife Crime Police Officer where I became an active cog in conservation of fauna and flora. After leaving the Police due to an injury I channeled my a...

Studied a BA Hons Art & Multimedia from Swansea Institute of Higher Education (now Swansea College of Art University of Wales Trinity Saint David. UWTSD). By the end of my degree I could express my art in a multitude of forms from pencil and paint to illustration and 3D animation. I found the whole experience enlightening, and it is this love to creatively branch out in new artistic methods that would repeatedly come back to me working me leading me to working oil paint by finger tips.