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DAVID POXON
March 08 Awarded Frank Herring prize for best still life painting at the Royal Institute of Painters in Watercolour Exhibition, Mall Gallery, London.
David being presented with his award by Ronald Maddox, President of the R.I.
March 2008.
Feb 2008; Work accepted for exhibition at the Royal Institute, (R.I.) Mall Gallery, London.19th March-5th April
Feb 2008; 'All Our Days' accepted for expo at the Royal Watercolour Society (R.W.S.) , Bankside Gallery , London, 15th Feb - 9th March
Feb 2008; the Still Life Artists Drawing Bible ISBN-13;978-1-84566-229-5 , ISBN-10-1-84566-229-6. 192 Pages of instructional drawing and sketching techniques of particular interest to the Still Life artist. Release date Feb/March 2008 Publisher UK; New Burlington Books. London N79BH
'Violin' Pencil ; from
Still Life Artists Drawing Bible
Different Strokes Pencil Drawing ; ISBN-13;978-1-60058-054-3 , ISBN-10-;1-60058-054-8. 128 Pages instruction and techniques for monochrome artists. Publisher USA; Walter Foster Publishing Inc. CA 92653. Release; February/March 2008.
Both books available for order worldwide through your regular book supplier.
Jan 2008 ;'Heaven's Gate' wins 'Peoples Choice' Award at the City of Wolverhampton Art Gallery for the most votes received from members of the visiting public. Chief Curator Head of Art, Corinne Miller, made a short speech and presented David with the award at a prize presentation ceremony on 4th January 2008.
Corinne Miller, Chief Curator Wolverhampton City Art Gallery in front of David's winning exhibit. Jan 2008.
Major prize awarded for the painting 'Lockout' at the Centenary Watercolour Exhibition November 2007. Awards presented by Richard Verdi OBE and the Lord Mayor of Birmingham
The Lord Mayor of Birmingham and David
Poxon
David receives his award
from Richard Verdi OBE
Two paintings accepted for exhibition at Wolverhampton Art Gallery, expo runs November 10th 2007 to Jan 14th 2008.
October; Still Life Artist's Drawing Bible finished for Quarto, release date world-wide spring 2008. Numerous pencil and Ink still life drawings and instruction.
Different Strokes Drawing book finally finished for Quarto, will be out world wide February or March 2008. Pre ordering via Amazon or your local book store. This is a 138 page drawing book which contains 15 demonstrations as well as a comprehensive techniques and materials section. Loads of advice and tips. There are contributions from 15 artists including David. Artists are split into pairs and given identical assignments. There is full analysis and step by step illustrations. Other well known artists include; Richard McDaniel , Tim Nash , Adrian Bartlett , John Glover , Ian Last , Peter Partington , Martin Taylor , Diane Wright , Philip Snow , Ron Law , David Arbus , Myrtle Pizzey, Peter Woof , Robert Maddision .
'Lace Drift' from Different Stokes Drawing ,pencil on smooth cartridge.
Nov 2007 ;Exhibiting 4 paintings with the Birmingham Watercolour Society Centenary Expo. Other artists include Sunday Times watercolour painting competition winner David Curtis , also numerous visiting BWS International members.
May -August 2007 Working on new book for Quarto plc; 'Still Life Artists Drawing Bible' world wide release date 2008. This book is 192 pages of text and drawings, pencil/ink/charcoal/ techniques and instruction, gallery and resources sections.
Trip to North Norfolk to prepare new subjects.
June ; New York to prep second show for 2009.
April 2007 much travelling to source subjects and material for new book and series of paintings.
March 2007 commissioned by Quarto publishers to Author book on drawing and techniques; 'Different Strokes Drawing'; for UK/Europe/USA/Asia Pacific ; provisional release 2008.
Feb 2007 ; 2 paintings selected for exhibition at the Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery as part of the the Birmingham Open exhibition Feb-April 2007
Jan 2007 Filmed interview with BBC2 for future programming
December; Working on contributions to watercolour book commissioned by Quarto Publishers and written by Naomi Tydeman. 'Different Strokes Watercolour'
Subject gathering trips to Brighton, Bath, Ludlow, and the Severn Valley, in preparation for North American and UK Exhibitions in 2008. Interviews with several USA magazines.
November 2006; Birmingham Watercolour Society re-instates David as their Honorary Secretary. He will assist with preparations for the BWS Centenary Celebrations and Exhibition in November 2007 at St Paul's Gallery Birmingham England.
November 4th - 12th 2006 group show with the Easel Club ( founded in 1879 by Walter Langley). Expo at the Woodbridge Gallery, Moseley, Birmingham, B13 9DZ
19th October - 18th November ; group show of work by the Members and Associates of the Royal Birmingham Society at the RBSA Gallery.
October 2nd- 14th 2006 Exhibiting as part of group show with the Birmingham Watercolour Society.
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June/July 2006 Trip to the Scilly Isles to gather new subjects for future exhibitions.
David
sketching on St Martins Isle July 2006
On St Agnes Isle meet Dorothy and Maurice Barker, Islanders and farmers since 1948, (photo below of them next to the subject for Scilly Tank (see Gallery page). They were fascinated to know that a painting of their Water Tank was purchased from the May 2006 Vice solo expo and is now in the private collection of Mr & Mrs Bloxsom and hanging in a distinguished Victorian Entrance hall in Birmingham, England.
This Water Tank has collected rainwater since 1948 and kept them and their animals alive. Recently mains water was finally connected to their farm house by the Duchy of Cornwall making the tank finally redundant.
Dorothy and Maurice Barker, St Agnes Island, very nice people !!
VICE ; MAY 2006 .SOLO EXPO AT RBSA GALLERY BIRMINGHAM UK
44 WORKS ON PAPER IN PURE WATERCOLOUR.
Hanging On, Morton's Tongs, and Long Gone wall
view towards SPIRAL wall.
April / May 2006 -
Expo Review Birmingham Mail
Feature article Express and Star Newspaper Saturday 6th May
Interview WHAT'S ON Magazine Birmingham
Interview in French Art Magazine
7 page Interview in Art of England Magazine April Issue
Interview in 69 Magazine,
Article in Artist and Illustrator Magazine April Issue,
Interview with USA Magazine based in Ohio ART PALETTE May issue.
David in the
Scilly Islands
feb 06 update ;working hard on new paintings for upcoming VICE solo show expo (MAY 06) collective subject matter from Shropshire, the Black country, Spain, and the Scilly Isles. Major interviews completed with Art of England Mag (for April 06 issue) and Artist and Illustrator Mag (April/May Issue) as well as several USA and European Art Mags. Solo show in New York spring 2007 and also book project - things are busy !!!!
November 2005 Plein Air Magazine USA prints image of 'FINAL CURTAIN' and lists David amongst Chase de Vere award winners.
September 29th 2005 David with Penelope Viscountess Cobham, Patron of the RBSA, on the occasion of his inauguration and presentation of Certificated Award by the Viscountess as fully elected member of the Royal Birmingham Society of Artists.
October 4th 2005- January 8th 2006 Invited to exhibit at the prestigious Malvern Festival Theatre, Malvern, U.K. as part of group show including David Prentice, Oskar Etcheverry, and Eugene Bortnick plus 10 other artists.
28th September to 22nd October exhibiting 'COOP' expo in Birmingham Gallery.
David receives Chase de Vere Award for 'FINAL CURTAIN' at the 98th annual expo of the Birmingham Watercolour Society September 12th 2005
Exhibiting 'BOLTERS' and 'FINAL CURTAIN' as part of group show for BIRMINGHAM WATERCOLOUR SOCIETY September 12th to 24th 2005 .
Artists and Illustrators Magazine interview with David in September 2005 Issue
August 2005. 'The Grounds man' exhibiting in Birmingham as part of Open All Media Exhibition
Confirmed major solo show in Gallery One of the Royal Birmingham Society of Artists Gallery in MAY 2006
July 2005 - Interview on David's special individual painting technique with Internet art magazine 'Learn To Do' - at www.learntodo.co.uk
July 2005 - 'Morton's Ironworks' reproduced in the July/August issue of Art of England magazine as part of profile on the Birmingham Watercolour Society
July ;Interview with 'Artists and Illustrators' Magazine -publication provisionally September issue 2005
26th June- 9th July 2005 'Fallen' and 'Pipedream' on exhibit as part of group show of Birmingham Art Circle.Fallen depicts outside/inside windows/reflections of St Chad's Mission, an isolated Methodist meeting place within the ancient forest of the Severn gorge. Pipedream is an interior view of Broseley Pipe works, a clay pipe factory long since closed.
June 2005 'Pay Off ' - the Pay office of the J.R.Morton's Iron works on exhibit in the Birmingham Prize exhibition.
24th April 05 Elected full member of the Royal Birmingham Society of Artists.
24th April 05 elected as Members representative on the RBSA Council at the 2005 AGM
19th April - 30th April 2005 six paintings being exhibited as part of the RBSA Candidates exhibition.
January 05 -February 05 'Wild Wild Horses' accepted by the ROYAL CAMBRIAN ACADEMY , Conwy, for open exhibition 2005.
Feb 2005 ; Profile article on David published in Art of England Magazine.
2004. Artist and Illustrators Magazine prints picture of 'Sea of Change' 24"x38"
2004 'The Limner' magazine of the Wolverhampton Society of Artists prints profile article .
2004. Feature article on the Birmingham Watercolour Society published in Art of England magazine. Article shows 'Bolted' 18"x24". In same issue an article on High Town Art shop is illustrated with the painting 'Raised' 27"x20"
2004 'Living on a Prayer' wins major prize at the open Prize exhibition of the Royal Birmingham Society of Artists 2004. The painting size 22"x38" depicts the interior of St Chads Mission , a small prayer house situated at the Blists Hill Museum of Industrial and Social heritage in Shropshire, England. The painting, in pure watercolour technique, contains 15 layers of wash using pure transparent pigments. No white paint or other body colour is used. The painting took two months to complete, but was many months in the development stage.
2004 Living on A Prayer, Sea of Change, and Iron Heart accepted for open exhibition at Ironbridge Museum. 'Ironheart' 40"x28" is a large format painting of the bell and housing of the SS Great Britain. The ship was the first Iron hulled boat built, carried troops to the Crimean war, and the England Cricket team on their first overseas trip to Australia.
November 2004 'Gallopers' 24"x40" wins 'Chase de Vere Peoples Choice' prize at the 97th annual exhibition of the Birmingham Watercolour Society.
2004 elected Honorary Secretary of the Birmingham Watercolour Society.
2004 elected into the Easel Club, founded in 1879 by Walter Langley. Membership of the Easel Club is by invitation and election. It's membership is restricted to 25.
2003 'Well Oiled' wins the TNT Prize at the RBSA Open Exhibition . The painting is of an ancient Qualcast Lawnmower.
2003 elected as an Associate of the Royal Birmingham Society of Artists (RBSA) paintings exhibited; 'Raised', 'Well Oiled', 'Killing Time', 'Legacy', 'Nightwatch', 'Canscape'
2003 Solo Exhibition in Craft Gallery of the RBSA Exhibition entitled 'Secret Rooms'. 14 paintings exhibited.
2001 elected into the Birmingham Art Circle , founded in 1879
2001 elected a member of the Birmingham Watercolour Society, founded 1907
2000 wins 'Percy Hipkiss Award' Dudley Art Gallery DSA Exhibition.
2000 wins 'Best In Show' DSA Exhibition Brierley Hill U.K. Crystal Glass Centre
1999 Winning painting exhibited at the Mall Gallery, London
1999 wins competition in the Artist Magazine UK .