David Rayward

Born: 1963

Hometown: Liverpool

Based in: Wirral

David Rayward is an artist born in Liverpool and working on Merseyside in the UK. He is a painter working mainly in oils, but also uses pastel, spray paint, inks and acrylics. He is City and Guilds trained but regards himself as largely self taught.
He paints in a semi abstract style and views his work as being transpositions of poetic feeling into visual form. He draws inspiration from the natural world and it’s forces, as well as art and literature. He is currently working on capturing aesthetic features of The Wirral.

David Rayward In The Studio

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Question Icon What inspires you?

Forms in nature inspire me and how these can be fashioned in the imagination into into an abstracted narrative that has more resonance for me beyond what can simply be observed. The source of these inspirations can also come from the feelings and images I get from literature , cinema, old photographs, art and music.

Question Icon Describe your creative process.

I try in some way to ‘anchor’ the impulse received by sketching or making notes. I then make preliminary sketches and to get a more objective view, might make photos and photocopies of these. Then I set to work on the canvas or paper.

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