About the Artist

David Nealon RSW - Artist Statement

Though I have for many years developed my work through the study of landscape, I have recently gone back to figurative painting. Studying at Edinburgh college of art many years ago the human figure was very central to the practice and discipline of the college's educational process, not something I always agreed with, but it has left its mark and influence on me leaving a legacy that I'm able to draw upon.

Composition, mark-making, creating a narrative and the use of colour are more important to me than realism and with this in mind l try to develop a visual language that I can use to convey ideas, situations and be curious about the world we live in.

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Lives and works in Edinburgh.

Education

Graduated from Edinburgh college of Art (Drawing and Painting) with a one year post graduate year and travelling scholarship to France to study the prehistoric and early Christian sites around Carnac in northern France.

Exhibitions

Exhibited in the past at:

New 57 gallery, RSA, RSW, SSA, Aberdeen Artist Society, Leith Gallery, Frames Gallery, Queen's Gallery Dundee, Meffan Gallery, Bellevue Gallery, Perth Art Gallery and Museum, Scottish Arts Club, Singer & Friedlander Sunday Times competition Mall galleries London, Laing Landscape competition (Talbot Rice gallery), Morrison Portrait competition, Scottish National art competition Kinblethmont Gallery.

Awards

RSW Bookmark Award, RSW Arts Club Award, Laing Landscape competition (Scottish prize winner), RSW - Fidra Fine Art award (2026).

Work in numerous Private Collections and Aberdeen Asset Managers collection.