David Crocker is a painter, craftsman and musician.
Email: david@crocker.me.uk
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Latest News July 2010: David is delighted to have been invited to exhibit his new painting, West Water Dale, in the summer show at the Medici Gallery in Cork Street, London. He is currently working on a new collection of work for a larger exhibition at Medici Gallery in 2011. |
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David Crocker - Biography Born 1955 and brought up in East Yorkshire. Studied painting at Bath Academy of Art, Corsham from 1973 to 1977. Prize winner in the Laing Landscape Competition at the Mall Galleries in 1979. David's painting, entitled Millington, was entered in The Threadneedle Prize exhibition, at the Mall Galleries in September 2009. September 2009: David Crocker's painting, entitled Millington, will be in The Threadneedle Prize exhibition, at the Mall Galleries from 1st September to 18th September 2009. Stopped painting in 1984 to pursue a career as a musician and restore an Edwardian house. Started painting seriously again in 2003. Lives and works in York, concentrating on the landscape of the East Yorkshire Wolds. Using a glazing technique derived from fifteenth and sixteenth century Flemish and Venetian painting, David combines an interest in composed landscape with a contemporary vision. David is also a multi-instrumentalist and plays in The Crocker Brothers, one of the UK's premier acoustic/bluegrass bands. |