Location: United Kingdom
Painting has always been in his passion. His current work is loosely, a mix of impressionist & Fauvism styles often using bright reds, greens and blues. On several painting trips to the South of France David has produced work in the region of the Cézanne trail near Mt. St. Victoire. His original paintings are available to buy, along with limited edition prints of all of his paintings. David has exhibited his French paintings & is planning an exhibition in 2014. Commissions will be considered.
David studied Fine Art at The Berkshire College of Art & Central St Martins. He worked in the film industry for a while moving on into interior design & then architecture, that he has made his career. He later studied for an Architecture based degree at the University of Wales & has also qualified as a chartered building engineer.
This is a stream bounding the villa where we stayed near to St. Remy. This picture was painted with the sun setting and shining through the trees onto the water.
“Lavender Fields In The Luberon”
This is a preliminary sketch painted up in the hills near Gordes in the Luberon valley.
I spent a week in the South of France following the Cezanne trail and other iconic sites. This painting is a view from Cassis overlooking the adjoining headland. I have tried to reflect the stunning light and the warmth of the occasion.
Painted from the top of Cap Canille overlooking the bay leading to the port of Cassis. When this was painted the hillside was covered in a very bright variety of beautiful wild flowers on a warm sunny summers day. I tried to capture all of colours and the beauty of the sea fading into the distance.
This picture was painted from a vantage spot below the hills of Mont St Victoire, showing the dramatic cliffs in front, beyond and the landscape below. The soil in the area had a wonderful reddish brown glow. The mountain had a really rugged and very beautiful appearance rising out of this outstanding landscape. Mont St Victoire is in an area sometimes named The Cezanne Trail, where the artist spent much of his time painting.
Painting of a small part of the Calanque which is rather like a fjord that has been cut into the hillside. The hills have been quarried for the local stone over the years resulting in the current physical appearance. The little building shown in the painting was actually used as a connection with the quarry operation, now the strip of water that flows leading through the Calanque is mainly used for pleasure boats and as a marina. Never the less, it is very beautiful. The water leading up to and past Port Miou is very close the Port of Cassis.
These rolling hills are part of the landscape falling down into the valley and set in front of the mountainous area of St Victoire behind. It was a wonderful vista of rolling countryside leading down into the valley, showing an olive grove below and small farms with the fields running away into the distance. The foreground shows the reddish brown earth that is very prominent in the area.
This is a painting of the Chateaux de Beaumelles and the rolling landscape that it is set in. This is a dramatic setting and background making it an interesting subject to paint. I tried to capture the light reflecting off the building as evening approached.
This is a more detailed image of Mont St Victoire with some of the rolling landscape in the foreground. It is called St Victoire Blue to reflect the time of day it was painted and shows some of the red landscape still showing through.
This is another version of the more detailed image of Mont St Victoire with some of the rolling landscape in the foreground. It is called St Victoire Red.
This was a painting on the edge of a forest overlooking the Barrage Zola Dam with Mont St Victoire in the distance. This painting reflects the beautiful contrast of colours in the mountain, landscape and in the damn itself.
This is an old warehouse on the property where we stayed. Some years ago it was a winery. The building is now converted into accommodation. It sits in open countryside surrounded by fields corn at the time of painting. This was a preparatory coloured drawing of the building.
This painting followed the sketches and was painted en-plain-air. I tried to capture the heat and the atmosphere of the remote building sitting in the field.
“Farm Building Surrounded By Tournesol”
This was painted en-plain-air on an extremely hot day with the sunflowers shimmering in the Provencale sun. This was situated close to St. Remy.
We walked up into the mountains above St. Remy and painted this valley stretching into the distance with mount in the distance. This picture is a preliminary sketch painted on site. I'm preparing other painted from my sketches.
“St. Andrews Church, Sonning. Sunset”
Ink and watercolour of Sonning Church at Sunset. Painted in 1997. A commission by Mr & Mrs Ferguson on leaving Sonning.
Picture of Sonning Bridge in acrylic. The original painting presented to the Twinning Committee of Ligugé by the Sonning Twinning Committee. This painting now hangs in the Mairie in Ligugé, France.
“St. Andrews Church, Sonning. Stained Glass Window”
Interior view in ink and watercolour of the stained glass window above the altar in St. Andrews church, Sonning.
Watercolour of Turpin's in the snow on the corner of Pearson Road and Sonning Lane. Presented to Mr Tony Rimell.
Watercolour of the Robert Palmer Cottages, presented to Mr Colin Pierce by the Robert Palmer Almshouse Trust on his retirement as Chairman, from the Committee.
Pen and watercolour sketch painted in 1996.
Goongillings is a en-plain-air painting of a visit to Goongillings farm near Gweek, Near the Helford Passage in Cornwall. This was one of my early pictures using silk screen inks as a medium. I used the inks in the same way I would use oil paints or acrylics. http://www.goongillings.co.uk
This is a colourful interpretation of a colourful building.
I was commissioned to carry out a series of paintings for a client's new offices in Woking. This painting I prepared after a visit to Ironbridge in Shropshire. It is a figurative picture based on my impressions of the visit.
This is a painting of Temple Island set dramatically in the river with the colourful trees and landscape behind. The stone Temple is reflected in the water rather like a majestic ship.
This is a painting of Temple Island set dramatically against the river in a slightly different setting.
This is a painting of Temple Island set dramatically against the river, painted at a different time of the day showing the background landscape reflected on the water.
This is a picture painted at night looking across from the Leander Boathouse to the buildings on the other side of the river next to Henley bridge. Striking reflections of the colours from the street lamps and the general effect of the night is what I tried to capture in this picture.
This was one of five paintings prepared for the "Henley Royal Regatta Paintings and Sculpture Exhibition 2012".
“St. Remy Provence, Stream”
“Cassis Vue De La Presqu'ile”
“Cap Canille”
“St. Victoire Landscape”
“Port Miou”
“Plain de Rousette”
“Chateaux de Beaumelles”
“St Victoire Blue”
“St Victoire Red”
“Barrage Zola”
“The Old Warehouse”
“The Old Warehouse #2”
“View from The Alpilles”
“Sonning Bridge”
“Turpins”
“Robert Palmer Cottages”
“St. Andrews Church, Sonning at Night”
“Sonning Bridge 2”
“Pearson Hall, Sonning”
“The Gate House 2”
“The Gate House”
“Home Garden”
“St. Andrews Church, Sonning. Winter”
“Morning in The Fowey Estuary”
“Goongillings”
“Henley Regatta Headquarters”
“Ironbridge”
“All The Gods”
“All The Gods #2”
“Temple on an Island”
“Deepest Silence”
“Henley Church Morning”
“Henley Bridge”
“Balinakill House - Scotland”
“Overlooking Loch Tarbert”
“Hallsannery House, Bideford”
