David was one of the first artists to join us when we opened, andwe have been exhibiting his work regularly for over 15 years. It is always a pleasure to have a new collection of his accessible and inviting work.
He is equally at home working in oils and watercolours, observing and painting his twin preoccupations: The landscapes of NorthWales which have fascinated him now for over 40 years, and hisgarden and the products of his labours there!
His subject, though familiar is always changing. When illness prevents him from being out in it, sketches and photographs as well as memory allows him to inhabit the landscape in its mercurial moods: the constant changes wrought by the light, theweather and the seasons.
The work also, inevitably varies according to the interior landscape: Sometimes the sky presses down and mist closes out the distances and banishes all but the most muted and fugitive tones At other times the colours all throb with clamorous intensity.
Practice and experience has made him adept at catching the stillness of winter, the vivid vigour of spring, and the late nightsummer skies stained with faraway dust.
David's work is always popular, and he has many collectors. His work is unassuming, but it speaks eloquently of the pleasures and wonders to be found all around us