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
