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DAVID EUSTACE R.B.A.

 

 

 

“Headlong into Spring”

Oil and Acrylic on Board. 12” x 12”. Signed                                                                                    IMAGE

 

“Empty Glass”

Oil and Acrylic on Board.  8” x 9 ½”. Signed                                                                                   IMAGE

 

“Entertaining a Small Dog”

Oil and Acrylic on Board. 8” x 9 ½”. Signed                                                                                    IMAGE

 

 

 

 

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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