Devon and Cornwall with it's wonderful light and abundance of subject matter has attracted artists of all media and style for years, and still to this day bring todays artists to paint and sketch the same places as they did in the 19th and 20th centuries bringing with them their paints, brushes, canvases and easels, as like many admirers of the style known as impressionism and working en plein air, the most celebrated and admired in the westcountry were the artists from the Newlyn school near Penzance.  

So the style which I aim to create in my paintings and drawings is a loose realism leaning towards impressionism, and to try to produce this personal impressionist style for both my  watercolour paintings and oil paintings, I will use several techniques and instruments to create the effect I am after, and there are numerous artists past and present that give me this inspiration to paint the way I would like, Joseph Turner, Edward Seago, Edward Wesson, the french impressionists, and of course the Newlyn school plus many more.Paintings that have been completed and are available can be viewed within my gallery pages, these will be updated as and when new paintings are finished, updates of progressing work and general art interest can be found on my blog www.davidmatherartist.blogspot.com ,.please enjoy your visit and come back soon, anything you wish to comment about regarding my paintings or the website in general, is always appreciated, your input can be placed into my guest book.

Regards

David Mather