David Charles is a landscape painter living in Exeter, Devon. Having completed a successful career in education, David is now able to focus on developing his painting skills and creativity through landscape painting. David paints in a realistic style, trying to represent subject matter truthfully. “When choosing a view to paint, I focus first of all on capturing the light. I then focus on colour and texture to create a realistic composition that hopefully exudes atmosphere and connects positively with the viewer.’’
David’s current, long-term project is walking and painting the Southwest Coast Path. Having started walking from Minehead in Somerset just before the first national lockdown in 2020, David has now successfully walked the full length of the north coast of Somerset, Devon and Cornwall and is nearing The Lizard Peninsula.
David uses sketches and photographs as reference materials to create realistic, true to life, oil paintings back in his studio in Exeter. Once the walk is completed, hopefully by 2025, David will look to exhibit his collection of paintings at different galleries throughout the southwest.
