BIO
David Wilson was born in Newcastle upon Tyne in 1959.
'Growing up in the east end, amongst the redevelopments of the 70s is so far removed from where and how I live my life now'.
Educated at the Universities of Manchester and Durham, David taught for a year in 1983 then began his career in the visual arts working on a community arts project in East Durham.
'The first real understanding of painting came whilst I was copying old masters for a living. Painting to order, looking at how different styles came about and how paint worked was tremendously valuable to me'
In 1986 David finished his mountaineering qualifications and started taking part in mountaineering expeditions that took him to remote mountainous parts of the world.
'It was because of these expeditions that my love of the mountain environment developed. I discovered that in the mountains, light and form can stimulate the most magical feelings in us all. I found I had to seek out a way to represent these feelings visually'.
In 1995 David moved his Studio to the 'Outdoor Capital of the UK' in Fort William, Scotland.
'I now live at the foot of Ben Nevis. I see the mountains change every day. I work as a visual artist in the place I was meant to be'.