DAVID FARRANT
DAVID FARRANT LIVES AND WORKS IN DEVON. BORN IN LONDON IN 1938 HE STUDIED ART AT THE CENTRAL ST MARTINS COLLEGE OF ART AND HIS EARLY CAREER WAS SPENT TEACHING ART WHILST ALSO WORKING VERY SUCCESSFULLY AS A PORTRAIT PAINTER. HE WAS A FINALIST IN THE JOHN PLAYER AWARD AT THE NATIONAL PORTRAIT GALLERY AND HAS ALSO EXHIBITED WITH THE ROYAL SOCIETY OF PORTRAIT PAINTERS AT THE MALLS GALLERIES IN LONDON. DAVID NOW PREFERS TO CONCENTRATE ON HIS FIGURATIVE PAINTING WITH WHICH HE HAS HAD CONSIDERABLE SUCCESS. DAVID HAS RECENTLY LAUNCHED A VENTURE PUBLISHING HIGH QUALITY GICLEE PRINTS OF HIS WORK AND THAT OF HIS SON, JIM FARRANT.
"I LIKE TO WORK ON A FAIRLY LARGE FORMAT AND WILL TRY TO HINT AT A STORY IN THE COMPOSITION OF THE PAINTING. I GET MY INSPIRATION FROM OBSERVING PEOPLE IN EVERYDAY SITUATIONS AND THE IMPACT OF LIGHT, ESPECIALLY SUNLIGHT IS MOST IMPORTANT TO ME. I LOOK FOR MY SUBJECTS WHERE PEOPLE CONGREGATE - BARS AND RESTAURANTS IN MAINLY EUROPEAN CITIES, MEDITERRANEAN BEACHES OR THE ENGLISH SEASIDE AND I AM OFTEN TAKEN BY SURPRISE BY A BRIEFLY GLIMPSED TABLEAU THAT CRIES OUT TO BE CAPTURED"
"I LIKE TO WORK ON A FAIRLY LARGE FORMAT AND WILL TRY TO HINT AT A STORY IN THE COMPOSITION OF THE PAINTING. I GET MY INSPIRATION FROM OBSERVING PEOPLE IN EVERYDAY SITUATIONS AND THE IMPACT OF LIGHT, ESPECIALLY SUNLIGHT IS MOST IMPORTANT TO ME. I LOOK FOR MY SUBJECTS WHERE PEOPLE CONGREGATE - BARS AND RESTAURANTS IN MAINLY EUROPEAN CITIES, MEDITERRANEAN BEACHES OR THE ENGLISH SEASIDE AND I AM OFTEN TAKEN BY SURPRISE BY A BRIEFLY GLIMPSED TABLEAU THAT CRIES OUT TO BE CAPTURED"
