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About David



Artists Statement Selected Awards

David Wells was born 1977 into an artistic family.
He is an eclectic artist having worked professionally as an actor, graphic artist, dancer, web designer, circus and street performer, musician, children's entertainer and visual artist.

His visual artwork can be found all over the world in the form of prints, posters, postcards, CD covers, and of course drawings and paintings, which are held in private collections in all Australian states, as well as New Zealand, Sweden, the UK and the USA.

As a performer he has worked venues such as the Brisbane and Auckland Entertainment Centres, the Port Fairy and Woodford Folk festivals, Dreamworld, Movieworld and Underwater World, along the way performing with groups as diverse as The Ashton's Circus, English National Ballet, The Silly Billies, Grin and Tonic Shakespearean Troupe and everything in between.

My work is influenced by 3 main factors of equal importance.
The first is the art of the East, in particular the woodblock prints of Japan and Zen paintings of China, which I admire for the strong sense of line, cropped compositions, and minimalist aesthetic.
The second is the grand tradition of the West, with its beautiful realism, play of light and shadow, and sculptural sense of depth.
The third is my strong distaste for the typical depiction of women, in both art and media. The generic nude, the faceless object with nice curves, painted as a still life. While the beauty of the female form is undeniable, and in many ways the focus of my work, I try to make paintings about individual human beings.



- First Prize
Works Incorperating the Human Form.
Combined Brisbane Rotary Art Spectacular -2007
Brisbane Qld

- First Prize
Art for Arts Sake.
International Online Contest
-2007

- Overall Grand Champion
Art of the Body.
Eumundi Qld
2007

- Overall Grand Champion
Noosa Country Show,
Pomona Qld
-2005 and 2007


- Honourable Mention
Animals and Wildlife.
9th Annual International Pastel 100 contest
The Pastel Journal.
USA.
- 2007

- First Prize
The Human Figure Challange
International Online Contest,
redbubble.com
-2008

- Finalist
Portrait/Figures.
25th Annual Art Competition
The Artist's Magazine. USA.

-2008

- Honourable Mention
Portrait/Figures.
10th Annual International Pastel 100 contest
The Pastel Journal. USA.

-2008