DAVID
EUSTACE R.B.A.
“Light
from a Forgotten Garden”
Oil
and Acrylic on Board. 12” x 12”. Signed IMAGE
“Headlong
into Spring”
Oil
and Acrylic on Board. 12” x 12”. Signed IMAGE
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David Eustace studied at Sutton
Coldfield School of Art, Exeter College of Art and Leicester Polytechnic after
which he spent two years in the United States working as a muralist.
Although firmly rooted in the best figurative painting traditions he
found he was able to produce images which seemed to emanate from halfway
between the conscious and subconscious.
Stanley Spencer is an obvious influence along with Otto Dix, de Chirico
and Atkinson Grimshaw. To speed up the process of putting his ideas down onto
canvas, he uses acrylic first to work out and change his composition. Acrylic dries very quickly and allows
alterations to be made instantly. Once
David is happy with the layout, he overpaints in oil using brushes, palette
knife and kitchen scourers which gives a soft finish to painted strokes. The result is that his paintings are quite
theatrical. They are also the most amusing
conversation pieces, being packed with small details and illusory references.
One of David's greatest assets, apart from his
skill as a painter, is his incredible imagination. Together with his highly individual sense of
humour this serves to give an air of absolute fantasy to many of his
paintings. In addition David plays the
drums in a rhythm and blues band. "I was with the Junk Yard Angels for
many years and now play with a four-man group called Shufflebones. Jazz is a major part of my life". David
has had several one-man exhibitions in London
and the West Country. He has also exhibited in mixed shows in London;
Birmingham; Bath; Massachusetts, U.S.A.; Toronto, Canada; Devon; Plymouth and
at the Mall Galleries, where he won the David Wolfers Memorial Price; the Royal Academy Summer Show and the South
West Academy, where he was awarded The Marine House at Beer Prize. He also won
a £1000 prize at the South West Academy in June 2003 for a large painting of a whale.
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