MEET DAVE WEST

23 Jun

" I’m drawn to light, atmosphere and mood in paintings. A successful painting is when a great subject, however simple, meets with the incredible colour and texture that oil paint can offer”

Dave West was born and raised in South Wales and is now settled in Balbriggan, North County Dublin. He studied Illustration at the Carmarthenshire College of Art & Design also gaining a degree in Art History with the Open University. He has had numerous solo exhibitions and exhibited widely in Group Shows including the Royal Hibernian Academy, Royal Ulster Academy, and in the UK with the Royal Academy, Royal Society of Oil Painters, Royal Society of Marine Artists, The New English Art Club, The Royal Society of British Artists, and the UK Pastel Society, at which he won the 2013 Schminke Award. Ice has won awards at several plein air festivals including a first prize at ‘Paint out Norfolk’ in 2023, and at the 'Art In The Open’ festival, a Silver award in 2024 and the Gold Mayoral first prize in 2017.