The Artist
David Price was
born in Surrey in 1965 and is now based in Bolton. He has been
drawing since primary school, where his first subjects were
animals - mainly horses. An Art & Design Foundation Course
in Farnham, Surrey, led to further studies at Blackpool &
Fylde College where he graduated as a natural history illustrator.
David began
his professional life working at the Institute of Archaeology
in London, then working as a visualiser in an advertising services
agency in Soho, London. New contacts meant a move to Einhoven
in Holland, where he worked in an advertising agency, after
which he moved back to England and new work took him to Manchester
(where he now lives). David says:
"I
started working at this time as a freelancer as well as some
studio based work for an ad agency in Chester. I worked for
number of agents and now have the London-based John Martin
& Artists."
As well
as producing illustrations for advertising agencies, David has
worked for a number of publishers; including the BBC, Hodder,
and Macmillan. Much of the publishing commissions have been
for children's books, both cover and inside illustrations, fiction
and educational. Over the last couple of years he has also ventured
into the greetings card market. He works mainly in watercolour
and gouache although he also uses acrylics and oils. The latter
is probably one of his favourite mediums. He says:
"It
allows me to be more expressive in my work. Oils can be more
spontaneous, are very forgiving and even produce happy accidents".
At one time
David used to be an airbrush artist producing photo realistic
work. However, It is this need to have more expression in his
work that has led him to concentrate on acrylics and oils. He
has always tried to progress as an artist and so over the last
couple of years, he has endeavoured to produce paintings alongside
his illustration work. David
has started to exhibit work in small galleries in and around
Manchester. One of his more recent successes was to be chosen
to exhibit his work in the finalists exhibition for the 'Not
the Turner Prize' at the Mall Galleries in London.
David has
two main passions that inspire his work. The first is Natural
History, especially the English countryside. "I go out
and paint as often as I can". The second is the figurative
painting and the figure in art. As well as original work, David
has produced some copies of old masters for colleagues.
At present
he works to combine Illustration and teaching people how to
draw and paint. He hopes that in time he will be able to concentrate
more on his own work and produce limited addition prints.
David Price
can be contacted by email at PRICECHUCKLES@aol.com
