David Gould

My obsession with art began with drawing and painting in childhood. My work arises from a delight in light, colour and the handling of paint and other media, and a great curiosity about the things I see, as well as how to explore and exploit the behavior of materials, media and processes in new ways, and an intense curiosity about the things which I see and collect.

I am interested in a range of subjects and methods, from drawing and painting still life, landscape and other subjects from observation, to more non-representational, digital and process-based approaches, which are often in shallow bas relief, and are always evolving. I like to work with a variety of approaches, which are usually determined by states of light and times of day, week and year. I have painted from landscapes in Italy and here in South Wales over many years. My painting from landscape subjects is featured in a brief documentary which can be seen at https://youtu.be/jDybZDwerSE.

I like to visit as many major exhibitions as I can in London, and have travelled extensively to look at both traditional and contemporary art in the major Museums and Galleries in Europe and elsewhere.

I was born in London in 1947 and studied painting at the Gloucestershi...

1965-69 Gloucestershire College of Art, Cheltenham, UK, Dip AD in Painting
1969-72 Royal College of Art, London, UK. M Art (RCA)
1972-73 Abbey Major Scholarship to Rome

1978 Midland Group, Nottingham
1980 Spirit of London, Whitechapel Open
1982 Summer Show 1, Serpentine Gallery, London
1985 Chapter Arts Centre, Cardiff (One Man Show)
Buxton Museum and Art Gallery One Man Show)
1991 Black Bull Gallery, London (One Man Show)
1994 Sunday Times Watercolour Competition
Libramont Art Fair, Belgium (with 56 Group Wales)
1995 Laing Landscape Painting Competition, Cardiff and London
Sunday Times Watercolour Competition
Blue Gallery, London
1996 Oriel Gallery, London (One Man Show)
Sunday Times Watercolour Competition
Thompson's Gallery, London
1998 Atrium Bookshop, London (One Man Show)
2002 The Affordable Art Fair, London
The Discerning Eye, London
2004 The Discerning Eye, London (Humphries Purchase Prize Winner)
2005 Bay Art , Cardiff (two person show with Carol Hiles)
The Discerning Eye, London (Wales Regional Prize Winner)
2006 Campden Gallery , Chipping Campden
The Discerning Eye, London
2007 The Discerning Eye, London
2008 The Discerning Eye, London
2009 Sunday Times Watercolour Competition
The Discerning Eye, London
2010 Sunday Times Watercolour Competition
The Discerning Eye, London
“Real” , London
Teahouse, Cardiff (One Ma...