David McEwen
David McEwen began studying art formally at the age of thirteen, when Victor Pasmore accepted him into a special class at the King's College, Newcastle-upon-Tyne. There he spent one year drawing and the next year starting to understand the use of colour. After more years of training, David qulified as a teacher, with a B.Ed., and M.Ed., and became head of art at a school in the Midlands. After fifteen years teaching both children and adults, he decided to go "full time" and during the next couple of years he completed a huge amount of commissions, many for international equestrian sports men and women.
In 1977 David and his wife Sally moved to the Languedoc in the South of France to open a painting holiday centre in their riverside home in the ancient town of Lodeve. Since then over 50 nationalities have been looked after by Sally and taught by David. Even though he devotes a lot of time to his students, he still has time to complete international commissions and paint for exhibitions and competitions. In 2003 he was a runner-up in S.A.A.'s "Painter of the Year" and this year was picked to exhibit in The Artist's Exhibition at Patchings. His work has been published in a number of magazines and he has demonstrated at the Artist and Illustrators Exhibition. Following an invitation from the Falkland Island Government, David spent two years producing work for exhibitions in London and Stanley.
Watercolour, Oils, Pen And Wash, Drawing, Pastels, Pencil/Charcoal, Acrylics, Mixed Media, Coloured Pencil, Watercolour Pencil
Animals, Landscape, Buildings, Figure, Seascapes and Water, Skies, Still Life, Townscapes, Colour Mixing, Portrait, Wildlife, Aircraft, Old Masters