About The Artist

From an artistic family in the UK David was demonstrating talent from an early age with a number of prestigious painting awards by the age of 18. He pursued a career in architecture ultimately leading to appointment as joint managing director of a Manchester based design company. In 1999 David was selected to head up Opus Architecture in New Zealand and for 11 years led a period of growth and success for the practice with many awards won including the inaugural New Zealand Architecture Medal in 2008. Despite a successful career in architecture his passion remained with drawing and painting. David built a studio in his grounds at Ararimu and now focuses exclusively on his painting, working mainly in oils and finding inspiration in the local landscape, coastal scenery and the human figure. His paintings are unashamedly both representational and evocative, exploring pattern, structure, and those spaces beyond that intrigue the onlooker. He enjoys the task of simplification and rationalisation, using colour and tonal quality to reinterpret and invite the viewer in. David has exhibited in the UK and New Zealand He has works in private collections in the UK, France, Australia and New Zealand.