David Wiseman

David Wiseman LG ARWS

"his light filled and painterly semi-abstract river scenes, are distinguished and intensely atmospheric"

Nicholas Usherwood Galleries Magazine September 2015

"If you missed David Wiseman’s exhibition last year, now is a time to view his lyrical paintings, so full of joie de vie. Making full use of the pure plastic qualities of acrylic paint, his loose, freely drawn calligraphy and layering of marks create lasting and magical depictions of nature. David is a sought after artist throughout Britain and beyond"

Rosemary Holcroft Water Street Gallery

David Wiseman has been painting for over 40 years since leaving the Royal College of Art in 1975 most spent in his garden studio close to the local rivers, woodland and canal he loves and that inspire his work. He has taught painting in numerous art schools across the country and have exhibited widely both as an individual and in many important selected group exhibitions. These include the New Contemporaries, John Moores , Hayward Annual, R.A. Summer Exhibition, Discerning Eye, London Group Open, Royal Watercolour Society etc. His individual shows include those at the Serpentine Gallery and Peterborough City Museum. He has taken part in touring exhibitions to Germany, U.S.A., and Spain including a British Council exhibition to Aachen and tour also including Hodgkin, Auerbach, Kiff and Kossoff. He has exhibited in important curated exhibitions in this country at The Museum of Modern Art, Oxford, Kettles Yard Gallery, Cambridge and the Camden Arts Centre. He has his work in many corporate and public collections including the Arts Council, Prudential, The Bank of England, London Borough of Hammersmith, The Open University, Peterborough City Museum, Museo Municipal Ourense, Barts and the London N.H.S. Trust, Lewisham Hospital and many more. His work is represented in private collections in all parts of the world and he has completed 8 major public art works including large scale murals at Charing Cross

Frimley Park, Royal London and Ealing Hospitals. He was recently elected member of the National Acrylic Painters Association winning the Presidents Prize and Adrian Henri Memorial Prize in their exhibitions in St Ives and Birkenhead. He was elected to the London Group in 2013 , their Centenary Year. Winner of the Royal Watercolour Society Purchase Prize 2016. Elected to the Arborealists 2016. Winner Royal Watercolour Society Publicity Prize and Wallace Seymour Prize 2018 Elected to the Royal Watercolour Society in 2021.

“My larger works on canvas are made in the studio and I also work directly from the landscape with a variety of mixed media on smaller works on paper and canvas . Although spending a lot of time in Devon and the south coast I am equally inspired by the local rivers and parklands close to my Ealing home. My paintings are begun in a loose freely drawn calligraphic way using a wide variety of brushes, rollers, scrapers, sponges etc. the final image being extracted in a playful, organic way using overlaid marks and glazes to express qualities in nature such as mood, light, colour and atmosphere. I want to convey a feeling of change and movement in the landscape and for the paintings to be intriguing, tantalising and ambiguous held between the pure plastic qualities of the paint and all the celebratory, magical illusions and evocations of the depiction of nature”

If you are interested in purchasing a painting please email

davidcwiseman@yahoo.com or phone 07736523736

My painting in Royal Academy Summer Exhibition 2021 chosen for publication for postcards sold at the RA. Available from

http://www.shop.royalacademy.org.uk

Interview with Robert Dunt of ArtTop10 go to

https://youtu.be/iKIdeEnE5qQ

For my LATEST NEWS AND FORTHCOMING EXHIBITIONS

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http://www.davidwiseman.org.uk/latest_news_and_forthcoming_exhibitions.htm

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