After a successful business career, building a design and marketing consultancy, David decided to change course and spend more time in a purely creative role. A course at Schumacher College in Dartington some 20 years ago inspired him to rekindle his early passion for poetry and art in all forms. He now enjoys writing, painting, life drawing and sculpting, mainly in stone and bronze.
Like many artists, David is inspired by the natural world and how it affects us.
In his words:
“I love nature and am fascinated by our relationship to it – we get a special feeling, almost kinship, from certain rocks; peace from watching a river; awe as we stand under a regal beech tree; a child-like joy from playing in the surf. It is that relationship I want to explore through my work.
“I like to stay close to the nature a piece of stone as I carve, not forcing myself upon it, but trying to see what form it might contain. I try to draw out its natural living beauty - from the creamy limestone of Portland to the dark shadows of Cornish polyphant. Stone is very tactile. I encourage people to touch my sculptures, to feel the natural history contained in each piece in the form of fossils and other deposits, laid down over millions of years.
“With many of my sculptures, comes a poem. The words seem to suggest themselves readily after so many hours and days spent in the creative process. I hope the poetry enhances the pleasure of the eventual owner, bringing them closer to the piece. The rest of my poems are ‘carved’ from less tangible elements.”
David is a former Deputy Chair of Surrey Sculpture Society. His work is widely exhibited and is in private collections around the UK and Europe.
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