David Greenwood has been a professional artist since 1990. He initially taught adult literacy and took a Humanities degree before taking the brave step of becoming a full-time artist.
His work is achieving a rapidly growing reputation, both regionally and nationally. In London he has exhibited at the Royal Academy & with the Pastel Society at the Mall Galleries, & in galleries in Yorkshire, Lancashire, Scotland, Kent & Sussex.
The subject matter is wide-ranging – architecture, landscapes, portraits and racing scenes – but he excels at all. He usually works in pastel or oil pastel, with occasional touches of lustre pastel to emphasise details, but also works in oil. His work has a rugged & spontaneous quality & has been described as “balanced on the delicate boundary between abstraction and realism”. He enjoys working outdoors, braving the Yorkshire weather, such as along the Leeds-Liverpool canal, near to his home in Bingley.
In the 1990s he produced a series of paintings of Yorkshire abbeys, a subject matter which he found to suit his style very well, & this resulted in a publication ‘Bare, ruined choir’. David is also an accomplished portrait painter & was included in the publication ‘Facing North’ (artists’ self portraits) in 2007.
“My influences are eclectic. I am fascinated by the Palaeolithic cave painters, medieval stained glass workers & the modern masters such as Roualt, Giacometti, Marc & Macke. Closer to home, I love the neo-romanticism of John Piper & the earthy expressiveness of Joan Eardley The recent master, in my view, is the vastly underestimated David Bomberg.
‘Fountains after the rain’ I am inspired by light, & its shadow – colour – . I like to ‘carve with light’, which is another reason why I enjoy the immediacy of the chalk stick rather than the flaccid brush, & this suits all the more my sheer joy in making pure pigment marks on a textured surface.”
Solo exhibitions
| Brahm Gallery | Leeds | |
| Brewery Arts | Kendal | Cumbria |
| Cree Gallery | Gatehouse of Fleet | Scotland |
| Maidenbridge Farm | Tatham | Lancashire |
| Broughton Gallery | Peebles | Scotland |
| 100 Views of Bradford | Cartwright Hall | Bradford |
Selected group shows
| RA Summer Exhibition | ||
| Pastel Society Exhibition | Mall Galleries | London |
| Waterfalls of Lakeland | Oddfellows Gallery | Kendal, Cumbria |
| Bruton Gallery | Leeds |
Corporate collections
Work purchased by SFS Intec, Leeds & Northern Power
David Greenwood
David Greenwood has been a professional artist since 1990. He initially taught adult literacy and took a Humanities degree before taking the brave step of becoming a full-time artist.
His work is achieving a rapidly growing reputation, both regionally and nationally. In London he has exhibited at the Royal Academy & with the Pastel Society at the Mall Galleries, & in galleries in Yorkshire, Lancashire, Scotland, Kent & Sussex.
The subject matter is wide-ranging – architecture, landscapes, portraits and racing scenes – but he excels at all. He usually works in pastel or oil pastel, with occasional touches of lustre pastel to emphasise details, but also works in oil. His work has a rugged & spontaneous quality & has been described as “balanced on the delicate boundary between abstraction and realism”. He enjoys working outdoors, braving the Yorkshire weather, such as along the Leeds-Liverpool canal, near to his home in Bingley.
In the 1990s he produced a series of paintings of Yorkshire abbeys, a subject matter which he found to suit his style very well, & this resulted in a publication ‘Bare, ruined choir’. David is also an accomplished portrait painter & was included in the publication ‘Facing North’ (artists’ self portraits) in 2007.
“My influences are eclectic. I am fascinated by the Palaeolithic cave painters, medieval stained glass workers & the modern masters such as Roualt, Giacometti, Marc & Macke. Closer to home, I love the neo-romanticism of John Piper & the earthy expressiveness of Joan Eardley The recent master, in my view, is the vastly underestimated David Bomberg.
‘Fountains after the rain’ I am inspired by light, & its shadow – colour – . I like to ‘carve with light’, which is another reason why I enjoy the immediacy of the chalk stick rather than the flaccid brush, & this suits all the more my sheer joy in making pure pigment marks on a textured surface.”
Solo exhibitions
| Brahm Gallery | Leeds | |
| Brewery Arts | Kendal | Cumbria |
| Cree Gallery | Gatehouse of Fleet | Scotland |
| Maidenbridge Farm | Tatham | Lancashire |
| Broughton Gallery | Peebles | Scotland |
| 100 Views of Bradford | Cartwright Hall | Bradford |
Selected group shows
| RA Summer Exhibition | ||
| Pastel Society Exhibition | Mall Galleries | London |
| Waterfalls of Lakeland | Oddfellows Gallery | Kendal, Cumbria |
| Bruton Gallery | Leeds |
Corporate collections
Work purchased by SFS Intec, Leeds & Northern Power
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