David paints outdoors, working in oil paints on linen canvases. In his latest works he uses a layered technique which begins with a ground of texture paste mixed with river sand taken from the painting’s location to represent the rugged nature of the landscape. A traditional underpainting is then applied before the final glazes are rendered.

He creates representational landscapes of the mountains and glens of his local area of Lochaber; predominantly Glen Nevis and Glen Coe. Rather than the grand vista his work explores fragments of the landscape, seeking intimate and personal responses to the vastness of this mountain environment.

David’s work is a contemporary take on Romanticism’s idea of the contemplative sublime. Layered paint suggesting layers of time, geology and memory and expressing a sense of deep stillness in a dynamic landscape.