David Poxon RI

Statement

“I find inspiration in quiet corners of our world which for a few brief moments have taken on a deeper significance to me. The common place or the overlooked become my subject material as nature slowly reclaims that which man has abandoned or cast aside, creating a fragile beauty which is ever changing.”

Methodology

David works in pure watercolour medium and uses a painstaking multi glazing technique.  All paintings begin life as drawings on subject hunting trips. David also make notes and take photos for studio reference. Sometimes up to 17 layers of transparent paint is applied to pre-stretched heavy paper on board. Each application in turn delicately modulating the colours beneath. There is no white paint used at all in any of the paintings, he prefers to preserve areas of the natural paper. This method of working is not quick and requires serious pre-planning, but he loves the painting process and find this way of working gives him the time and space to really get to grips artistically with the places and things he paints. His paintings can take many weeks in the making.

Bio

David Poxon was born in the Industrial heartland of England, but now makes his home in the rural countryside of Shropshire, UK. He is an elected member of the prestigious the Royal Institute of Painters in Watercolours (RI) and serves on the RI Council. He is also a signature member of the National Watercolour Society of America (NWS). In 2015 David served on the jury of selection for the NWS.

Over the years David has won many awards and accolades for the precision and craftsmanship of his paintings. He is the author of two books on drawing techniques, and has contributed many articles to the Art Magazine press and has appeared in numerous art books world wide.

Painting in pure watercolour medium he 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.