Born
in Lancashire, England
in 1956, the artist
David Briggs has been
exhibiting in galleries
throughout the UK for
the past twenty years
and in 1997 was elected
as a full member of the
Newlyn Society of
Artists.
Briggs says that his
work is a visual
representation of the
ideas, thoughts and
imagery that have
fascinated him for the
last few years since
moving to Cornwall. And,
in the tradition of the
St. Ives School, his
work is sent against the
backdrop of the Cornish
landscape and his aim is
to capture the forms and
colours of the ancient
stones, the earth, the
water and light of his
surrounding environment.
His quasi-abstract
paintings explore the
relationship between
shape and colour and it
is his aim to create a
subconsciously inspired
composition that
explores the natural
landscape and brings
forward its not less
real, but forgotten,
meanings and
associations.
Briggs’ main
influences stem from the
painters Turner, Rothko,
Motherwell and Scott
who, according to the
artist ‘had a spar of
magic within their work,
a not easily definable
language of beauty.’
