‘Stuff on Table’. Image from artist’s own website (see below)
David Thomas is a painter, mainly of still life subjects. Originally from the west of England, he now lives near Keighley, where he shares a studio, ‘Junction Workshop’, with his wife, the ceramicist, Anna Lambert.
David studied at Cheltenham and Cardiff 1981-88 for his first degree then at Leeds Metropolitan University for a Masters degree, 1991-3.
He worked for a travelling theatre as stage and publicity designer and project worker, and provided art workshops for Artlink SW between 1988-9.
In 1989 he moved to the Keighley area and ran a pottery at Oxford St. Day Centre, Keighley- 1991-2001. He was Visiting Artist at Settle Resource Centre 1992-2001, and at Bradford Girls Grammar School between 2006-10. He taught art at Keighley and Craven Colleges between 2001-7, and again at Craven College between 2009-10. David was the Artist in Residence, at the Craven Museum & Gallery, Skipton, between 2007-8
David has exhibited his work widely across England and has had solo shows, including at Taunton, Gloucester, Bury St Edmunds and Cartwright Hall, Bradford.
Image: from artist’s website, see below.
A profile of David and his 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
Website: junctionworkshop