David

“…and if somebody loves that painting and decides to put it on their wall, they don't just have a representation of the cliff, they have the cliff”

David is an innovative artist who makes many of his own paints by hand from soils and other natural pigments that he sources locally himself in and around Seaford and the South Downs. Wherever he goes he prospects for interesting soils and he knows exactly where all his colours come from.  Often his paintings incorporate pigments directly sourced from within yards of where he is making the artworks, creating a deeper connection between the artwork and the natural environment. 

Following three decades working in and around the Asia Pacific region on sustainability issues, he uses his art to raise awareness of the fragility as well as resilience of the natural environment in particular local and global soils.

Though largely self-taught, he has studied art at the Metropolitan College Brighton.  In his Studio are bottles and jars filled with the beautiful coloured natural soils that he has ground up by hand.   A keen organic gardener he also volunteers at local community gardens.  He currently lives between East Sussex and Hong Kong.   

He would love to see his paintings on the walls of soil company HQs around the world.