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David McCormack

visual artist & web author

I spent many of my childhood days drawing
almost anything with just pencil and paper
my work in adult life took me to the Lizard Peninsula in Cornwall
where I was inspired by the spectacular coastal scenes and colourful fishing harbours
wanting to capture these experiences, I attempted painting them in watercolours
working for many years in watercolours and also gouache, since
I now consider myself mainly self taught
I have become sensitive to light and colour
I have no art related qualifications
now retired, I am full time
as a visual artist and web author

I like to paint seascapes, cornish ones are favourite
floral scenes, particularly bluebell and poppy
abstract scenes from the imagination and wet on wet random effects
I paint in watercolour, gouache, mixed media, watercolour pen and pencil
I enjoy what I create, at a nice easy pace

My mentors are Stephen Bradbury for the Lizard Peninsula and
Bob Devereux for St Ives and my early teaching :)

quote from Norman Ackroyd
seascape / landscape artist
using copper plate and etching 'marks':

quote:
I dont think about the marks I'm making
I let the marks happen
theres a huge desire to make the marks
thats the heart
I let the eye look at it
and the hand just do what the eye and the heart wants
and I just respond to it because I feel I want to do it
so its very instinctive
:unquote

the emotional subconcious mind is instinctively inspired
then let it, the subconcious and inspiration, instinctively drive the hand and fingers
and with your eyes slightly out of focus
keeping the whole composition in sight
absolute creative pleasure

it will feel like you have been touched by an angel ; )

to me, illustration is 50% inspiration, 50% perspiration
art is 99% inspiration, 1% perspiration
I am about half way between the two, moving toward the latter

David McCormack
visual artist & web author

all work in progress is shown on my Facebook page

sorry, no pets as yet ;)

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