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Born in London in 1938,
David Farrant has built a reputation as one of the finest painters of
portraiture in the country. Following his training at St. Martin’s,
London, David embarked on an impressive career which has included
exhibitions at the National Portrait Gallery (where he was a finalist in
the John Player Award for Portraiture1989) and at the Mall Gallery in
London with the Royal Society of Portrait Painters. He has also
undertaken over 20 portrait commissions and has work in private
collections all over the world.
Like Hopper or Vettriano, David’s primary inspiration stems from
everyday scenes of human interaction, and he reproduces these against a
living
background of muted colours and complex shadows. His preferred medium is
either acrylics or oils, and his large-scale compositions have a huge
impact whether displayed in a corporate or a domestic environment.
Within his busy painting schedule, David also finds the time to teach
students at a local College of Art.
"I like to think my pictures work on two levels - firstly, and in a
formal sense, as compositions in which strong tonal contrast, accents of
colour and simplification of form are key elements. Secondly, and in a
narrative sense, I hope they carry a mood and the possibility of an
unfinished story which the viewer can share".
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