David Greenwood is a professional artist specialising in work with pastels in an impressionistic style. He was born in Ilkley and attended Bradford and Sunderland Colleges of Art between 1963-67, then Bradford University, graduating in 1983 with a degree in Human Studies.
Image: see artist’s website, below.
David’s first solo exhibition was at the Hunter and Greasley Gallery, Bradford, in 1990, but has exhibited work regularly since at other galleries, including at the Mall Galleries, London. He has had work accepted by Royal Academy (3 works in RA Summer Show 1997) and at the ‘Not the Royal Academy’ show at the Llewelyn gallery, South London. In 1999, The Manor House Museum & Gallery in Ilkley had a retrospective exhibition of his work and in the exhibition catalogue, David wrote of his motivation to paint:
Pastel is my favourite medium because I have loved drawing scince childhood and I like its graphic nature. The crayon or chalk being like an extension of my hand reflects the gestures of a restless and nervous body.
Image: from artist’s website, see below
David’s work is sold by Saatchi Art, as well as at other galleries in London and in the North of England.
He is a regular exhibitor at the Holmfirth Artweek in West Yorkshire and was a member of the Aire Valley Arts. A profile of David’s work is found in the booklet , ‘The Spirit of Bradford. 18 Artists and a City’ published by Aire Valley Arts, 1997. ISBN 0/9530934/0/0 A body of work, ‘People of the Cross’, was exhibited at the Artspace, Bradford Cathedral, in 2018.
Image from the artist’s blog : see below
Artist Contact: David Greenwood