David White

I studied graphic art part time at the University of Marburg (Germany) from 1970-1971.  After a career in education where I specialised in the teaching of English, I returned to art in 2012.  I work in ink, watercolour and acrylic paint, often combining all these media.  I also like to make mono prints based on photographs. The things that inspire me are: the local landscape, jazz music, plants from my garden and oriental art. I am also interested in intertextuality in art: for example my painting called The Goldfinch Escapes which is a re-imagining of the famous painting by Carel Fabritious (1654).

I make mono prints in two ways.  Sometimes I make a plate by scratching into a polystyrene sheet as with this picture.

Sometimes I start with a photograph which I transfer to watercolour paper and hand finish with paint.  In this picture of Roz Sluman, a local jazz musician,  I made a collage first.

Poppy seed heads from my garden inspired this mixed media piece for which I used acrylic ink and watercolour.

Recently I have been experimenting with using gouache paint to achieve flat plains of colour.  This is a picture of the bridge at Arles.  Vincent van Gogh famously painted this bridge although the one he painted was blown up in World War 2.

Sometimes I can get political

I have also tried producing digital prints from my iPad.

Whatever I am doing, I am often tempted back to using watercolour and ink for images inspired by the orient.

Bamboo in the Rain by David White, watercolour and ink

I enjoy meeting fellow artists at CABAS evening sessions for encouragement and ideas.  The annual exhibitions at Wetheral and Tullie House, Carlisle are highlights for me.

See more of my work at https://www.icloud.com/sharedalbum/#B0OGWZuqDG2AG1Q

Moon over Morocco, by David White, Watercolour

Midnight Seoul, by David White, mixed media