ABOUT

Dave is a professional artist who specializes in pastel landscape paintings of North Wales. He is the owner of Oriel Glasfryn Gallery and an extensive selection of his original paintings and prints are on permanent display.

Dave has exhibited across the UK in group and solo exhibitions. His work can be found in private collections across Europe, America and Australia.

In 2024 he was elected as a member of The Pastel Society.

“I was born in Aberystwyth but now live in Flintshire, North Wales. I’ll often go walking in Eryri and The Clwydian Range at dawn or dusk, when the light is at its most dramatic. Theatrical skies and water feature heavily in my paintings and they are full of vivid colours and detail. Being alone in the mountains, especially in the dark, is one of the most ethereal experiences I know.

I work exclusively in pastels because of the impressive colours and effects they produce and because I work them directly on the paper with my fingers, not a brush; I really feel at one with the painting.”

AWARDS

2022 Federation of British Artists, London

(Award Winning Artists 2000-22)

2021 Pastel Society Open, London

(West Design Faber Castell Award)

2019 Wirral Society of Arts Open, Williamson Gallery

(Commendation)

2012 North Wales Society of Fine Art, Penrhyn Castle

(Best Painting - Public Vote)

2009 Blackburn and District Artists Society

(Best Painting)

Current and Upcoming Exhibitions​

​​26th July to 2nd September: Dry Lines, Gallery Holt, Norfolk

16th Aug to 20th Dec 2025: The Cadfan Way Exhibition, Oriel Ty Meirion