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"WHEN A PAINTING TRULY ‘WORKS’ THERE IS A RESONANCE WHICH STRETCHES BEYOND SUBJECT AND PICTURE PLANE, REACHING OUT TO THE AUDIENCE AND TRANSCENDING A MERE VISUAL EXPERIENCE. TO BE ABLE TO CONVEY SOMETHING OF THE ‘REAL’ OF MY SUBJECTS, WHICH ARE THE COMMON PLACE, THE HUMBLE, THE OVERLOOKED, THE PLACES AND WORK THINGS OF MANKIND, IS A POWERFUL AND STIMULATING EXPERIENCE. I HAVE A DEEP, JOYFUL, AND RESPECTFUL EXCITEMENT AT THE BEGINNING OF EVERY NEW WORK. WE WATERCOLOUR PAINTERS SEARCH FOR THE EPHEMERAL ESSENCE OF OUR VERY SOULS THROUGH THE ART WE LOVE, THIS IS OUR PHILOSOPHY AND THE TRUTH OF OUR VISION.”

David Poxon was born in the Industrial heartland of England, but now makes his home in the rural countryside of Shropshire. U.K.

He is an elected member of the prestigious R.I. (The Royal Institute of Painters in Watercolours). He is also a signature member of N.W.S (The National watercolour society of America).

 

Over the years he has won many awards and accolades for the precision and craftsmanship of his paintings. He is also an in demand workshop instructor.

 

He is the author of three books, two on drawing techniques and the latest is the critically acclaimed 190 page ‘Watercolour Heart & Soul’. David Poxon has contributed many articles to the Art Magazine press and has appeared in numerous art books. David is a much sought after Master painter and also serves as a Juror in some of the worlds most prestigious watercolour shows. He exhibits in fine art galleries world wide.

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‘Watercolour Heart & Soul’ was published to world wide critical acclaim and is available from this web, or Amazon and all good bookstores. In 2018 David organised the first Invitational International Watercolour Masters Exhibition which was held at Weston Park, Shropshire, England. The show broke box office records for attendance at a Watercolour Exhibition in the UK outside London. In 2022 David organised and curated a much expanded IWM featuring 42 of the worlds elite Master painters including himself. The #IWM2022 show was  staged at Lilleshall Hall Shropshire England between May 16 and May 29 2022. 

Preparations are now underway for IWM2024 – International Watercolour Masters – at Lilleshall Hall Shropshire. All #IWM Event information is at www.InternationalWatercolourMasters.com

David has online workshop courses available from  Domestika

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TECHNIQUE

Painting in pure watercolour medium, David uses a painstaking multi glazing technique, with sometimes up to 20 layers of transparent paint, each in turn delicately modulating the colours beneath.

 

There is no white paint used at all in any of his works preferring instead to preserve areas of the natural paper, his paintings can take many weeks in the making.

 

A recurring theme in his work is the reclamation by nature of that which man has created and abandoned, finding renewed life between object and environment.

WHAT THE CRITICS SAY

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