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David Hosking entered Falmouth School of Art in 1961
and later studied at the West Midlands College from where his early
abstract work was taken up by the Compendium Gallery in Birmingham.
David became a teacher and from the late Sixties until the early
nineties he was teaching in schools in Plymouth and Cornwall. During
this time his painting developed through various stages from pure
abstract work to figurative landscapes and eventually evolved into
the strong, soulful work for which he is widely known today.
It was not until the early nineties that David began to exhibit his
work regularly but through his solo exhibitions his work has
subsequently attracted a wide international following.
Hosking paintings can now be found in collections throughout Europe,
North and South America, Canada, Africa, Australia, the Far East and
Japan. Some of David's paintings are published as prints in
Britain and America and are sold throughout the world.
David's sources of inspiration are many and varied. He explains
"sometimes it is a scene that is visually exciting or evocative
.. sometimes the atmosphere of a moment
sometimes a
conversation
sometimes a small detail like a combination of
colours, or a surface texture . At the moment of experiencing these
things I see images
potential paintings or drawings in my
brain. Sometimes I make a small drawing at that moment
. Often
it is only a mental image
. The inspiration of the moment stored
and waiting there for when I will develop it
. Let it grow into a
new painting. Often then, more paintings develop from that first
painting. It is as if the original inspiration is a seed which grows
and grows
sometimes on one tall stalk
. But often with many
branches". |
