David Urquhart

Born in London to Scottish parents, David Urquhart studied Fine Art Painting at both Camberwell College of Art and University of Humberside. His work has been exhibited in London and Budapest.

David works from his own photographs which are digitally manipulated and composed. His objective is to recreate and capture the scenes he sees in daily life - a celebration of richness and diversity and the beauty of the everyday. Within this idea he suggests a sense of drama and tension between the characters, a frozen moment in time where paths cross. One of the reasons he works from photos and not from life is an interest in the nuances, the subconscious and fleeting moments of bodies and minds in motion.

His work is also a form of documentation of a variety of fashions, media/graphic styles, attitudes, lives lived - things that happened - although separately, are combined to create the beginnings of a story.

His preferred medium is acrylic paint and canvas but has also worked on board, perspex and polythene. Bold, vivid colours and strong contrasts and definition are central to his art.