David Morrison

Artist Biography:

A Mixed Media Artist and sometimes Freelance Stock photographer, specializing in Stock images for license to Advertising, commercial and media clients.
I took up photography in the eighties, with the savings from my first real job, soon after I set up a darkroom in a garden shed at home in Knockanore County Waterford and developed my own style while teaching myself black and white printing skills.I spent a number of years living between Ireland and London England and in between different jobs, i freelanced for various companies doing commercial shoots and also working with actors from the Royal Shakespeare Company doing personal portraits. I returned to Ireland in 1997 where i took a year out to bike around Ireland taking photos of what ever scene i came across . I am now settled and married with three children in the beautiful scenic west of Ireland, in Ballybunion County Kerry.
Artist Statement:

My Creations are a way for me to tell a story & evoke a feeling that i hope will be
encouraging & Spiritual, to make the familiar appear unfamiliar, to capture the beauty in the
mundane. And that when viewed, people, even if for a small moment will loose themselves within the ima...

EXHIBITIONS:
Sept 2020 Still Having the Craic : Solo show St Johns Theatre, Listowel,
Co. Kerry

Jan 2019 The Starving Artist Feat Nana Beas Cafe, Castleisland,
Co. Kerry.

May 2018 Everything is Possible : Solo show St Johns Theatre, Listowel,
Co. Kerry.

Sept 2017 Kerry Visual Artists Showcase Dept of Culture & Heritage,
Killarney, Co. Kerry.

May 2017 I AM (open to interpretation): Solo show St Johns Theatre, Listowel,
Co. Kerry.

March 2016 Colourful Spirits: Showcase Red Door Gallery, Newcastlewest, Limerick.
May 2015 Colourful Spirits: Listowel Writers Week, Listowel,
Co. Kerry.
Dec 2014 Colourful Spirits: Upcycling St Johns Theatre, Listowel,
Co. Kerry.
May 2014 Colourful Spirits: Listowel Writers Week, Listowel,
Co. Kerry.
June 2005 In The Blink of an Eye: Solo show Tintean Theatre, Ballybunion,
Co. Kerry.
March 2001 The Photographers Show Greenwich Gallery, London,
England.
July 1996 The London Salon of Photography The Galleria, Tooley street,
London, England.