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David Body

History: David was born in Twickenham, England in 1947. He studied illustration at Twickenham College and worked in various London advertising agencies and design studios for ten years before his move to Caithness, in the Highlands, with his wife Sally to set up Scarfskerry Pottery in 1977. In 1987 the pottery was moved to John O’ Groats and subsequently renamed John O’ Groats Pottery and Gallery where he now has his studio. David is now devoting most of his time to painting that has always run alongside his ceramics. see below for artist's statement
Above the Harbour
Above the Harbour
acrylic
45 x 45cm
Price: £585
Birchwood Path
Birchwood Path
acrylic
30 x 30cm
Price: £420
Hilltop Houses
Hilltop Houses
acrylic
45 x 45cm
Price: £585
By the Shore
By the Shore
acrylic
30 x 30cm
Price: £420
 

Riverside Birch
Riverside Birch
acrylic
30 x 30cm
Price: £420
Rusty Roof
Rusty Roof
acrylic
30 x 30cm
Price: £420

 
Statement: David paints naturalistically and in more colourist abstract styles. His images have evolved over the years and can now be more graphic in appearance. The Highland landscape is his main source of inspiration although recently David has been looking to the Puglia region of Italy, where he visits regularly.
For the last few years David has produced portraits of his English Bull Terrier ‘Chalkie’. These are now taking on a life of there own, especially since the loss of ‘Chalkie’ at the age of ten. These are studies of the character and complex personality that was ‘Chalkie’. Exhibiting these paintings has now resulted in commissions of other dogs and cats.