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David Swinstead Britton

David Swinstead Britton was born in 1937 and educated at Colchester Royal Grammar School and New College, Oxford, where he gained an honours degree in History. He has taught history and worked as a poet, winning first prize in the Ver Poets National Competition in 1977 (and being short-listed twelve times since then) and the 1995 Suffolk Poetry Prize. A book of his poems, The Grove of Hollies, was published in 1980.

Since then, forty of his poems have been published in a number of magazines, as well as poems and articles on art and poetry in 'The David Jones Journal'. David has also written on philosophy and religion, and has had articles and reviews published in 'Appraisal', a philosophical journal based around the work of Michael Polanyi.

Some of David's poems are about painters and painting, such as 'Cezanne's Mountain' (published in 'Other Poetry') and 'Van Gogh in Provence' (accepted by 'Agenda'). His 'A Winter's Harvest' states the relation between inner and outer worlds, which is almost (but not quite!) the relation between his poetry and his painting, as cyclical seasonal activities.

Writing about his painting, David says:

‘The work that I do, mainly East Anglian landscape (though with excursions into other parts of Britain and to some hot, dry landscapes abroad), seems to go in a cyclical pattern, from the solid smaller pieces using strong colour, to the large and sometimes very large, in which it is the sensation of space itself that draws me.

‘These large empty spaces, and the light for which East Anglia is renowned, sometimes give me a strong sense of the infinite, the mystical. When I have finished one or two of these, I find I am drawn back again to the near-at-hand. It is as though the sense of vivid colour is re-born out of its very negation. I go from void to solid and back to void, as the rhythm of my life dictates. I do not produce the large-space paintings to order, or to any formula, or in any way mechanically – but when they happen.’

Exhibitions etc:

1975 One-man exhibition at Project B Gallery, Colchester
1976 Mixed exhibition at Friends’ Meeting House, Colchester
1977-80 Various mixed exhibitions in the Colchester area
1980 One-man exhibition at Wivenhoe Arts Club
1982 Joint exhibition at St Mary’s Arts Centre, Colchester
1982 Three large works bought by Colchester General Hospital.
1984 Mixed exhibition at Falcon Gallery, Boxford
1985 One-man exhibition at The Minories, Colchester
1986 One-man exhibition at Sheffield University
1990 Mixed exhibition at Chappel Gallery, near Colchester
1990 onwards Works on show at Art for Offices, Dock St, London – 12 large works
bought by City firms
1991 Mixed exhibition at Yoxford Gallery
1992 One-man exhibition at Gallery 44, Aldeburgh

1992 Joint exhibition at The Framing Centre, Colchester
1993 One-man exhibition at The Little Gallery, Sheffield
1994 Joint exhibition at the Friends’ Meeting House, Sheffield1995 Exhibition with Jeremy Fraser at Woodgates Gallery, East Bergholt
1995 Exhibition with John Kay at Cinema Gallery, Aldeburgh
1996 One-man exhibition at The Barn Gallery, Butley
1997 Joint exhibition at Woodgates Gallery, East Bergholt
1997 Work accepted by Simon Carter Gallery, Woodbridge
1998 One-man exhibition at Denis Taplin Gallery, Woodbridge
2000 Mixed exhibition at Buckenham Gallery, Southwold
2001 Spring Show at Buckenham Gallery, Southwold
2001 Work accepted by Darcy Gallery, Ispwich
2001 Summer Show at Buckenham Gallery, Southwold
2002 One-man exhibition at Priory Gallery, Colchester
2002 One-man exhibition at Cinema Gallery, Aldeburgh (Festival Artist)2003 Finalist in the Daily Mail’s ‘NOT the Turner Prize’ competition: work shown at Mall Galleries, London, June 2003.
2005 Exhibition at the 12th St Botolph’s Festival, Colchester
2006 Joint exhibition at the 13th St Botolph’s Festival, Colchester

Potatoes at Boyton, Suffolk

25.5 x 35.5 cm image on 48.5 x 33 cm paper. £34.99 + p&p

Abberton Reservoir

View over Abberton Reservoir, near Colchester, Essex. 25 x 35.5 cm image on 48.5 x 33 cm paper. £34.99 + p&p

Meersbrook Park, Sheffield

25.5 x 35.5 cm image on 48.5 x 33 cm paper. £34.99 + p&p

Low Tide on Mersea Island

A limited edition, high quality giclee print, individually signed by the artist, of David Britton's widely admired oil painting, 'Low Tide on Mersea Island’.

Shortlisted for the Daily Mail 'Not the Turner Prize' competition in 2003, the original oil painting on canvas, which measures 120 x 92 cm, perfectly captures the atmosphere of Mersea, the UK's most easterly inhabited island: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mersea_Island

The print faithfully reproduces the original colours of this beautiful painting. The image itself measures 36 x 26.5 cm, and is printed, with a generous white border, on 48.5 x 33 cm archival paper.

Mounted in a conservation grade cream mount 51 x 41.5 cm, with a backing board, ready for framing for £39.99 + p&p.

Yorkshire Plain

View near Osmotherley, North Yorkshire. 25 x 30.5 cm printed on 48.5 x 33 cm paper. £34.99 + p&p

The White Wind of March

Near Sudbury, Suffolk. 24 x 30.5 cm on 48.5 x 33 cm paper. £34.99 + p&p

Coming soon . . .

The paintings below will shortly be available as high-quality, limited edition giclee prints, inidividually signed by the artist, and also as greetings cards.