David Atkins
Born in London, 1964
David Atkins studied painting at St Martins School of Art and Winchester School of Art. Since then has exhibited widely and regularly throughout the UK. He has been awarded numerous prestigious prizes including the Horan Prize for Painting at the NEAC Exhibition in London and the Façade International Prize for Painting at the Discerning Eye Exhibition in London. In 2018 he was awarded the Baltic Exchange Prize for painting in the RMSA Exhibition at the Mall Galleries London.
The tradition of landscape painting has always been at the heart of David’s work. He works directly from the environment, often revisiting the same places many times to observe and depict the ever-changing weather and seasons. He is inspired by his immediate surroundings of Dorset, as well as travels further afield, to New York, Europe, Ireland and Scotland, aiming to capture a sense and essence of place.
His work is found is a number of high profile public and private collections.
Artist Statement:
‘The tradition of landscape painting has always been at the heart of my drawing and painting. I work directly from the environment often revisiting places many times and in ever changing weather and seasons. My paintings are concerned with capturing light, wind, rain and colour and I always try to encapsulate in them an essence of what is experienced and discovered. They are produced with vigour and intuitiveness, allowing the process of working and reworking to consolidate a truthful response to the subject.’
Art critic Brian Sewell:
‘Today David Atkins has established himself as an evocative painter of landscapes and urban scenes. His use of broad brush and colour creates bold and clear vistas of the city and landscape. He is particularly drawn to scenes of dawn and sunset and is an honest observer of the world around us. David is an artist who excels at capturing the magic and majesty of the British countryside. His strong and confident brushwork successfully records the essence of his subjects be they landscape or urban cityscapes.’
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
2021
North. South. East. West, Beaux Arts Bath
2018
‘Light of Day’ Campden Gallery, Gloucestershire
‘All Weathers’ McAllister Thomas Gallery Surrey
RMSA Exhibition Mall Galleries London
ROI Exhibition Mall Galleries London
2017
‘Ashdown and Beyond’ Fairfax Gallery Tunbridge Wells
‘Rivers, Rocks and Mountains’ McAllister Thomas Gallery
2016
‘Land, Sea and Sky’ Campden Gallery, Gloucestershire
Fairfax Gallery, Norfolk
McAllister Thomas Gallery, Surrey
Sladers Yard, Dorset
2015
‘A Slight Chance of Rain’ Campden Gallery, Gloucestershire
‘Shared Journey’s McAllister Thomas Gallery, Surrey
2014
‘Weather and Light. On a Journey with Turner’, Campden Gallery, Gloucestershire
McAllister Thomas Gallery, Surrey
Fairfax Gallery, Norfolk
2013
‘London Life’, Albemarle Gallery, London
‘Under English Skies’, Campden Gallery, Gloucestershire
‘Devon and Cornwall’, McAllister Thomas Gallery
The Art of Making, Bournemouth Univerisity
2012
McAllister Thomas Gallery, Surrey
Fairfax Gallery, Tunbridge Wells
Red Rag Gallery, Bath
‘AQUEOUS’ Albemarle Gallery, London
Courcoux and Courcoux, Hampshire
2011
‘A Journey in Two Cities’, Campden Gallery
McAllister Thomas Gallery, Surrey
Fairfax Gallery, Norfolk
2010
‘Venice’ Albemarle Gallery, London
Fairfax Gallery, Tunbridge Wells
2009
‘Land and City Light’, Campden Gallery, Gloucestershire
Fairfax Gallery, Norfolk
Sarah Wiseman Gallery, Oxford
2008
Albemarle Gallery, London
2007
Fairfax Gallery, Norfolk
2006
Albemarle Gallery, London
2005
Stables Gallery, Northern Ireland
Fairfax Gallery, Norfolk
2004
Albemarle Gallery, London
2003
Fairfax Gallery, Tunbridge Wells
2002
Albemarle Gallery, London
2001
The White Gallery, Brighton
1991
Tall House Gallery, Brighton
AWARDS
2018
Baltic Exchange Prize for Painting RMSA Mall Galleries London
2012
Aesthetica Magazine Competition. Runner Up
2011
Aesthetica Magazine Competition. Highly commended
2003
The Horan Prize for Painting. Awarded at the NEAC Exhibition. London
2001
The Laing Landscape Award
2000
The Façade International Prize for Painting at The Discerning Eye
The Chichester Open- Prize Winner
1999
Bideford Open- Prize Winner
1993
Atlantis Young Artist Award, 1st Prize
PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
2006
Hampshire County Council Collection
Russel Coates Museum, Bournemouth
1992
Guildhall, Kingston, London
1986
Creasy Collection, Salisbury