"The Rural Surrealist" David Blakemore is a full time artist who moved to the Cotswolds in 2012 to work within and be inspired by it's extraordinary beauty. He enjoys creating narrative, atmosphere and drama in his paintings. His medium is oil.
In 2019 a number of David's original paintings were acquired by Coast Gallery Big Sur California and are now showing at their stunning location on Highway One. In the UK, in 2024 he will have some more original work at The Stone Gallery in Burford, Oxfordshire. He can also be found exhibiting at pop-up shows in and around the Cotswolds with fellow artists he has met along the way.
David was born in London and worked as a restaurateur for a number of years before studying at the renowned Lavender Hill Studios in Clapham under the tutelage of Scott Pohlschmidt and Ann Witheridge (Charles H. Cecil - Florence).
David featured in Country Life magazine, May 4th edition 2022 (125th Year)
In 2019 a number of David's original paintings were acquired by Coast Gallery Big Sur California and are now showing at their stunning location on Highway One. In the UK, in 2024 he will have some more original work at The Stone Gallery in Burford, Oxfordshire. He can also be found exhibiting at pop-up shows in and around the Cotswolds with fellow artists he has met along the way.
David was born in London and worked as a restaurateur for a number of years before studying at the renowned Lavender Hill Studios in Clapham under the tutelage of Scott Pohlschmidt and Ann Witheridge (Charles H. Cecil - Florence).
David featured in Country Life magazine, May 4th edition 2022 (125th Year)