Telling lies

Telling lies

24 inches by 17 inches (A2)

Created on canvas board, using oil paint, bark, wood, glass paint, ,metal, fabric, plastic, metal foil, glitter, cotton and glass stones. 

About the Artist

David W Westwood
Blurb:

Dear Visitor,

I have completed 80 artworks to date and have another two-nearing completion.

It was recently put to me by the buyer of my artwork, The Price of Sugar, that I often (not always) deal with emotive and hard-hitting issues with a touch of humour. I think he is right. I have sold a number of originals. Most recently I sold my oil painting, A Royal Dilemma to a professional collector/ art dealer in Texas, United Sates, via Saatchi Art, also I have sold The Victorian Policeman, via Saatchi Art to a professional collector/ art dealer in Montreal, Canada, and The Price of Sugar, to a professional collector/art dealer in London, UK. I have sold a number of works locally through exhibitions at a nearby stately home and the Art Yard Gallery. I have sold several hundred prints to date to members of the public in the UK, Canada, USA, Australia, Germany, Austria, Belgium, Italy, and France.

On Friday 24th February 2023, a collector from Scotland visited me at home and after viewing my work purchased. Adrift, Stonewall 1969 and Rainbow Bird. I am honoured by the compliment paid me.

Most recently my original artwork, The Front line, sold to a collector in Washington DC, USA.

I have found my artwork will sell when seen in the right places by people who are looking to buy. Like all artists, my problem is being in the right places at the right time.

I create in oil paint and mixed-use materials usually on canvas board. I am a member of the Midland Paint Group. I have exhibited widely in the UK and have a strong online presence (this is of course a subjective assessment).

Artist statement for David W Westwood

David grew up in the shadow of Birmingham, England. The second largest city in the UK. He comes from a working class back-ground. David is gay and came out to his family at the age of 16 in 1984. At first his family rejected his sexuality. AIDS was hitting the headlines as, “the gay plague,” and they really did not understand why he had, “chosen,” to be gay. Eventually however, they realized it was not a choice and they did accept him. This conflict is documented in many of David’s artworks along with his interest in history and politics.

His artwork is created to be seen and when it has been looked at his has achieved his goal. He creates two types of art, that which carries a message and that which exists just to be pretty. David suffers with hereditary mental health problems, but he has never let it hold him back.

He has studied Law via the Certified Institute of Legal Executives; he has a Bachelors Degree in History and in total 23 academic and skills-based qualification.

David has written several novels and turned to oil painting, then moved on to mixed media and experimental art after the end of a long-term relationship in 2013. He began creating in the evening to fill the void left by his absent partner. Now he cannot image life without a paint brush. He has exhibited widely across the UK and has a strong online presence. He has sold a small number of originals and a lot of prints, which have been sold worldwide.

Sales of originals

A Royal Dilemma, was recently sold to a collector in Houston, Texas.
The Price of Sugar, to a professional art collector/dealer in London.
Victorian Policeman, via Saatchi Art to a dealer in Canada.
Find the rabbits, via The Art Yard to a member of the public.
Silver Seas, via Harvington Hall stately home, to a member of the public.
Rainbow Bird, via a direct sale to an art collector.
Adrift, via a direct sale to an art collector.
Stonewall 1969 (revisited), via a direct sale to an art collector.
An Unexpected Storm, via a private sale.
Glitter Glory, sold via auction.
The Victorian Gay Scene, was sold very recently to a Collector in New York.
The Front Line was sold to a collector in Washington DC.