"The Rural Surrealist" David Blakemore is a full time artist who moved to the Cotswolds in 2012 to live and paint within the area of natural beauty. He creates narrative that revolves around his unique motifs. Nature, with it's very own drama, provides the emotional inspiration that trigger subtle undercurrents of surrealism to his highly detailed work . His medium is oil.
In 2019 a number of David's original paintings and limited edition prints were acquired by Coast Gallery Big Sur California for showing in their international section. In the UK, David can usually be found giving talks or exhibiting at pop-up shows in and around the Cotswolds with 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 (Charles H. Cecil - Florence). He calls this his 'fast track' foundation to an understanding of the classical methods of painting, which he continues to apply, to his own subject matter.
David featured in Country Life magazine, May 4th edition 2022 (125th Year)
In 2019 a number of David's original paintings and limited edition prints were acquired by Coast Gallery Big Sur California for showing in their international section. In the UK, David can usually be found giving talks or exhibiting at pop-up shows in and around the Cotswolds with 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 (Charles H. Cecil - Florence). He calls this his 'fast track' foundation to an understanding of the classical methods of painting, which he continues to apply, to his own subject matter.
David featured in Country Life magazine, May 4th edition 2022 (125th Year)